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Fluciclovine F-18 (Axumin), Diagnostic

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A9588

Fluciclovine F-18, diagnostic, 1 mCi

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 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 $631 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$562$550 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$525 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,175Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,288
$500$1Kfacility $631professional $562

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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
1 more rate 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
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93

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· 8th of 51

$562

AK $891KY $479

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.