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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 July 2026.

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

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 7 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$224$200 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$224 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $182 to $977Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $162 to $407
$200$500$1Kfacility $363professional $224

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 32nd of 51

$224

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.