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Chromium Cr-51 Sodium Chromate, Diagnostic

Iowa rates for HCPCS A9553

Chromium Cr-51 sodium chromate, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 250 mcCi

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chromium Cr-51 Sodium Chromate, Diagnostic cost?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 7 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$550$331 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$331 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,905Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $324 to $724
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $490professional $550

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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 22.9 times more in Ohio than in Indiana. 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· 18th of 51

$537

OH $676IN $29.51

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.