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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Florida 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 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 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$158$145 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$214 to $57,544

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $145 to $125,893Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $141 to $251
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $417professional $158

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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$57,543.99
Typical High
$169,824.37
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$398.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$166

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.