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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Delaware 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $240 to $380.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 $288 · 10th to 90th $263 to $631Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $200 to $617
$200$500$1Kfacility $288professional $263

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$660.69

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 42nd of 51

$282

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.