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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Kentucky 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 Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$195$174 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$174 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $48 to $324Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $148 to $309
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $195professional $195

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
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th 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.