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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Georgia 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$269$234 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$309 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,122Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $209 to $589
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $525professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$645.65

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia $316 · 25th 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.