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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 July 2026.

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

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 6 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$191$174 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$263 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,778Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $174 to $295
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $191

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
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 50th of 51

$191

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.