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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

North Carolina 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $372 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$234$234 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$234 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $234 to $708Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $191 to $646
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $372professional $234

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
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$724.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $234 · 48th 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.