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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Connecticut 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 5 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$257$182 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$288 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,023Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $148 to $794
$200$500$1Kfacility $417professional $257

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
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 14th of 51

$288

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.