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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 October 2026.

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

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $282 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$200 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$120 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $39 to $1,023Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $151 to $380
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $282professional $240

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
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$891.25
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$602.56
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81
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
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$169.82

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 35th of 51

$240

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.