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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Nevada 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 Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $219 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$229$209 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$219 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $214 to $269Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,349
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $219professional $229

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
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 36th 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.