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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

New Mexico 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$240$162 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$269 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $182 to $891Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $33 to $1,349
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $282professional $240

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$169.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$389.05

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 22nd of 51

$257

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.