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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

New York 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $295 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 9 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$191 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$214 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $148 to $724Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $155 to $562
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $295professional $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
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$549.54
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$275.42
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$977.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$467.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$53,703.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$616.60
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$346.74
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68

Where New York 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 York· 28th of 51

$234

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.