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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 October 2026.

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

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$316$263 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$407 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,349Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $229 to $871
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $316

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
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$758.58
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
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 33rd of 51

$324

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.