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Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide, Diagnostic, per mcCi

Michigan rates for HCPCS A9531

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.72$3.09 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$10.47 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $26Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $10
$0.5$1$2$5$10$20facility $14professional $4

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
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$3.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$22.39
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.79
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$9.55
8 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
$1.74
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.59
Typical High
$0.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$0.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$0.32

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 4.6 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.

Michigan· 26th of 51

$3.89

OH $11.48HI $2.51

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.