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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Missouri 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$229$204 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$214 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $186 to $631Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $186 to $468
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $229

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
$186.21
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 23rd of 51

$251

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.