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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Oregon 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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area) cost?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $347 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$339 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$66.07 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $54 to $631Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $251 to $631
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $347professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Oregon· 10th of 51

$372

AK $851KY $174

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.