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Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide, Diagnostic, per mcCi

North Carolina 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?

$4.17

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 6 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$4.17$3.02 to $4.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$7.08 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $4 to $145Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$0.5$2$10$50facility $45professional $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
$4.17
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$8.71
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 21st of 51

$4.17

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.