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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Kentucky 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $219 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$229$219 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$191 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $49 to $398Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $191 to $407
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $219professional $229

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
2 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
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$63.10

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$229

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.