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Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide, Diagnostic, per mcCi

Texas 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.72$3.47 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$11.75 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $8 to $46Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $28
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.89
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.02
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$12.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$44.67
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$31.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$9.55
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
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
$1.51
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.39
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.37

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 2nd of 51

$9.55

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.