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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Hawaii 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $468.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $339 to $525
$50$100$200$500professional $398

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$83.18
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 18th of 51

$398

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.