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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 October 2026.

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

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $251 to $372.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,023Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $186 to $479
$200$500$1Kfacility $417professional $257

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
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
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 28th of 51

$263

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.