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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

North Carolina 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$263$191 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$191 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,072Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $151 to $550
$200$500$1Kfacility $603professional $263

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$91.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
8 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
$93.33
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$123.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$87.10

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 29th of 51

$263

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.