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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Illinois 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 Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $575 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$97.72 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$427 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,950Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $48 to $447
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $240

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$147.91
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$676.08
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
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
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 26th 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.