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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Nebraska 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$398$200 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$245 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,230Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,349
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $676professional $398

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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$398

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.