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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Massachusetts 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $282 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$288$209 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$200 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $43 to $776Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,413
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $282professional $288

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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$346.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$831.76
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$346.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$794.33
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$56.23
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
3 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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$288

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.