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Technetium Tc-99m Pyrophosphate, Diagnostic

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A9538

Technetium Tc-99m pyrophosphate, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 25 mCi

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Technetium Tc-99m Pyrophosphate, Diagnostic cost?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 4 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$77.62$64.57 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$17.38 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $17 to $107Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $17 to $78
$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $78

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
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$74.13

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Alaska than in Minnesota. 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.

Louisiana· 4th of 51

$77.62

AK $105MN $17.38

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.