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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Indiana 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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 5 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$229$214 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$407 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,622Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $178 to $355
$200$500$1Kfacility $1,230professional $229

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
$229.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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.

Indiana· 44th of 51

$240

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.