go back

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 October 2026.

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

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $813 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$251$214 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$676 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,096Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $170 to $427
$200$500$1Kfacility $813professional $251

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 16th of 51

$324

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.