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Chromium Cr-51 Sodium Chromate, Diagnostic

Minnesota 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$562$513 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,413 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $282 to $2,951Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $331 to $562
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,950professional $562

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
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,951.21
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 16th of 51

$562

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.