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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Missouri 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$282$251 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$263 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $224 to $741Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $224 to $575
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $468professional $282

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
$223.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri $316 · 22nd 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.