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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 July 2026.

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

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $372 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$245$240 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$257 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $219 to $851Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $204 to $275
$200$500$1Kfacility $372professional $245

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
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$257

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.