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Thyroid Nuclear Imaging Scan

Missouri 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$214$162 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$269 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,259Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $155 to $575
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $214

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
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$537.03
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 32nd of 51

$219

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.