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Sodium Fluoride F-18, Diagnostic

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A9580

Sodium fluoride F-18, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 30 mCi

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sodium Fluoride F-18, Diagnostic cost?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $347 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$288$191 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$257 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $245 to $646Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $182 to $309
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $347professional $288

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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
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
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$0.66
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$0.66
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$0.66
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$97.72

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Indiana than in Minnesota. 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· 45th of 51

$302

IN $490MN $263

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.