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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Indiana 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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$191$166 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$331 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,622Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $135 to $275
$200$500$1Kfacility $1,230professional $191

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
$239.88
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 47th of 51

$195

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.