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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 October 2026.

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

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$186$135 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$550 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,622Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $126 to $355
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $741professional $186

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$58.88
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
2 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
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$41.69

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 48th of 51

$191

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.