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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Alaska rates for HCPCS 78016

A nuclear medicine scan that searches for thyroid tissue or thyroid cancer sitting outside the thyroid gland itself. The person is given a small amount of radioactive iodine, which thyroid cells take up wherever they are in the body, and a scanner then shows where it has collected.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread cost?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 6 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$759$741 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$741 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,072Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,549
$500.0$1.0Kfacility $741professional $759

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,548.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $759 · 2nd of 51
WY $891FL $209

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.