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Thyroid Cancer Spread Imaging (Limited Area)

West 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $191 to $479.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,122Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $145 to $603
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $437professional $251

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05
1 more rate 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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$323.59

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 32nd of 51

$251

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.