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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Tennessee 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $191 to $562.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $380 to $661Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,413
$200$500$1Kfacility $479professional $295

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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$524.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$457.09
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
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 12th of 51

$339

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.