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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Maryland 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $214 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$251$240 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$95.50 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $32 to $501Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $219 to $501
$50$100$200$500facility $214professional $251

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$676.08
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 41st of 51

$251

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.