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Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide, Diagnostic, per mcCi

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A9531

Iodine I-131 sodium iodide, diagnostic, per mcCi (up to 100 mcCi)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide, Diagnostic, per mcCi cost?

$3.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $3.80 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.55$2.82 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.80$3.55 to $3.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $214Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $4professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$7.59

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Ohio than in Hawaii. 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.

Louisiana· 33rd of 51

$3.72

OH $7.08HI $1.48

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.