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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Rhode Island 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 4 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$214$214 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$617 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,096Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $186 to $355
$200$500$1Kfacility $794professional $214

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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 39th of 51

$214

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.