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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 July 2026.

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

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $617 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$617 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$617 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $562 to $891Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,288
$200$500$1Kfacility $617professional $617

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,288.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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· 2nd of 51

$617

WY $832FL $166

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.