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Thyroid Nuclear Imaging Scan

Virginia 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $219 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$200$170 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$105 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $20 to $871Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $135 to $331
$100$1K$10Kfacility $219professional $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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$660.69
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$40.74
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
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
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$200

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.