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Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide Solution, Therapeutic, per mCi

Iowa rates for HCPCS A9530

Iodine I-131 sodium iodide solution, therapeutic, per mCi

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide Solution, Therapeutic, per mCi cost?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.60$7.59 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$20.89 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $17 to $21Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $74
$5$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $17

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.92
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$74.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$28.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.75
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.00

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 46.8 times more in New York than in Arkansas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$16.98

NY $324AR $6.92

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.