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Thyroid Nuclear Imaging Scan

South Carolina 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $589 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$200$155 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$363 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,175Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $132 to $302
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $200

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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$128.82

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$209

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.