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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Georgia 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 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 6 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$209$186 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$229 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $195 to $851Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $158 to $457
$200$500$1Kfacility $417professional $209

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
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 30th of 51

$234

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.