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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

South Carolina 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$162 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$646 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,995Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $66 to $355
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,023professional $214

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
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$234

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.