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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

New Jersey 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 5 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$219$182 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$447 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,380Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $155 to $363
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $708professional $219

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
$173.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 37th of 51

$219

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.