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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Arizona 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $759 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 5 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$269$245 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$339 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,445Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,622
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $759professional $269

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona $302 · 30th 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.