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Thyroid Nuclear Imaging Scan

Oregon 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$407$275 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$34.67 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $31 to $741Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $170 to $525
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $302professional $407

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$44.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 9th of 51

$331

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.