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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Colorado 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$331$257 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$282 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,072Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $200 to $537
$200$500$1Kfacility $525professional $331

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
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
3 more rates 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 13th of 51

$339

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.