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Thyroid Nuclear Imaging Scan

Ohio 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$162 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$525 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,349Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $145 to $339
$200$500$1Kfacility $891professional $191

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
$158.49
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$446.68
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$489.78
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$45.71
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$407.38
2 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$549.54

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 42nd of 51

$191

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.