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Technetium Tc-99m Macroaggregated Albumin, Diagnostic

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A9540

Technetium Tc-99m macroaggregated albumin, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 10 mCi

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$30.90$30.20 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$81.28 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $32 to $1,413Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $21 to $33
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $251professional $31

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
$36.31
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$31.62
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 27.5 times more in West Virginia 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.

North Carolina· 3rd of 51

$85.11

WV $501MN $18.20

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.