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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

North Dakota 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 North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $302 to $479.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $229 to $302Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $234 to $550
$200$500$1Kfacility $229professional $427

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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 8th 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.