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Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide, Diagnostic, per mcCi

Virginia 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?

$3.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 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 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$3.80$3.47 to $4.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.80$3.47 to $5.25

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$0.5$1$2$5$10$20facility $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
$3.47
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$9.55

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 28th of 51

$3.80

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.