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Thyroid Nuclear Imaging Scan

New York 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$155 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$67.61 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $68 to $646Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $141 to $355
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $182professional $182

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
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$302.00
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$562.34
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$524.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$36.31
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$446.68
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$302.00
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$275.42
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
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
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91

Where New York 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.

New York· 44th of 51

$182

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.