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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Iowa 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 Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 8 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$295$224 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$302 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,047Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,905
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $617professional $295

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
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$645.65
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $316 · 26th 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.