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Cobalt Co-57/58, Cyanocobalamin, Diagnostic

Iowa rates for HCPCS A9546

Cobalt Co-57/58, cyanocobalamin, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 1 mcCi

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cobalt Co-57/58, Cyanocobalamin, Diagnostic cost?

$1.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.66 from a physician practice, and about $1.10 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$1.66$1.10 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.10$1.10 to $2.19

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $26Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $234
$1$10$100facility $1professional $2

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.24
Typical High
$2.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 398.1 times more in Wyoming than in Colorado. 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$1.62

WY $234CO $0.59

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.