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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 October 2026.

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

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$257 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$257 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $45 to $912Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $63 to $1,738
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $355professional $355

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$371.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$104.71
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$371.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$977.24
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$56.23
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 26th of 51

$355

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.