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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, 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 $490 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$162 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$380 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $282 to $912Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $117 to $295
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $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
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$194.98
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 29th 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.