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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 October 2026.

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

$3.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 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 $5.75 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$3.80$3.47 to $4.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$3.80 to $6.46

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20facility $6professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$3.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$9.55
4 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
$1.38
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.55
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.38

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 28th of 51

$3.80

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.