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Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide, Diagnostic, per mcCi

Pennsylvania 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?

$3.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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 9 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$3.24$2.95 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$4.17 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $3 to $407Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $30professional $3

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
$2.75
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.90
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38,018.94
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$38,018.94
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$338.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.90
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$9.55

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$3.55

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.