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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Minnesota 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $589 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$417$339 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$214 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,585Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $240 to $708
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $417

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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$616.60
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,698.24
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$251.19
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$95.50
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
4 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
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$417

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.