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Fluorodeoxyglucose F-18 FDG, Diagnostic

Minnesota 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$380$275 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$257 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $132 to $832Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $219 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $380

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
$131.83
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,265.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$468

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.