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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

Washington 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 10 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$407$275 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$347 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,549Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $195 to $676
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $479professional $407

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
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$331.13
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,238.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$616.60
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 4th of 51

$407

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.