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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 October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread cost?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $708 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$316$245 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$513 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,399Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $204 to $562
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $316

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$467.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$891.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 19th of 51

$372

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.