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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Illinois 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 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$282$229 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$339 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,042Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $214 to $537
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $525professional $282

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
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois $309 · 27th 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.