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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Arkansas 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$204 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$355 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $355 to $490Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $170 to $372
$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $240

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
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 17th of 51

$316

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.