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Thyroid Nuclear Imaging Scan

Minnesota 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$339$275 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$174 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,479Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $209 to $575
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $339

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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$131.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$51.29
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$347

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.