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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 July 2026.

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

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $234 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$234$224 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$209 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $54 to $398Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $209 to $407
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $234professional $234

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
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky $234 · 47th 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.