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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Maine 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 Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $316 to $407.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $1,445Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $309 to $513
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,445professional $324

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 17th of 51

$331

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.