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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Virginia 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 8 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$209$195 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$123 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $42 to $891Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $148 to $417
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $245professional $209

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
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$616.60
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 35th of 51

$219

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.