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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 July 2026.

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

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $891 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$427$324 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$617 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,778Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $257 to $759
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $891professional $427

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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,698.24
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$457

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.