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Fluciclovine F-18 (Axumin), Diagnostic

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A9588

Fluciclovine F-18, diagnostic, 1 mCi

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Axumin (fluciclovine f-18) cost?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 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 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$550$490 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$407 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $407 to $832Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,288
$500$1K$2Kfacility $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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$562.34
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 39th of 51

$550

AK $891KY $457

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.