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Thyroid Nuclear Imaging Scan

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 78013

A scan of the thyroid gland in the neck taken after a small dose of radioactive tracer. The pictures show the gland's size, shape and position and reveal whether a lump is taking up more or less tracer than the tissue around it. It helps sort out an overactive thyroid or a nodule found on examination.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Nuclear Imaging Scan cost?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$224$191 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$355 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $355 to $490Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $174 to $324
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $224

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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Arkansas· 20th of 51

$269

AK $676TX $155

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.