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Cobalt Co-57/58, Cyanocobalamin, Diagnostic

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A9546

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$1.12

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.12 from a physician practice, and about $1.29 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.12$0.93 to $1.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.29$1.29 to $1.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $234
$0.5$2$10$50$200facility $1professional $1

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$2.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.35
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$2.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
5 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.17
Typical High
$1.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.43

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 208.9 times more in Massachusetts than in Ohio. 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· 49th of 51

$1.12

MA $234OH $1.12

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.