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Fluorodeoxyglucose F-18 FDG, Diagnostic

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS A9552

Fluorodeoxyglucose F-18 FDG, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 45 mCi

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fluorodeoxyglucose F-18 FDG, Diagnostic cost?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$427 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$550 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,738Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,239
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $525

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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,737.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,737.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Tufts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$870.96
Tufts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Hawaii 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.

Massachusetts· 2nd of 51

$589

HI $933OH $251

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.