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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Washington, DC 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 October 2026.

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

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $245 to $603.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,884Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $135 to $933
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,047professional $275

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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, DC· 43rd of 51

$275

AK $1,023TX $224

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.