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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Alaska rates for HCPCS 78015

This nuclear medicine scan uses a small amount of radioactive material to check a specific part of the body for spread of thyroid cancer. It focuses on a limited area rather than scanning the entire body.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area) cost?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $617 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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$851$617 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$617 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $589 to $891Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $513 to $851
$200$500$1Kfacility $617professional $851

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,288.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$851

AK $851KY $174

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.