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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Massachusetts 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 8 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$309$282 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$263 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $174 to $912Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $234 to $759
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $501professional $309

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
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,122.02
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$707.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$707.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $331 · 19th 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.