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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Nebraska 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$468$240 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$295 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,514Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,622
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $676professional $468

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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska $479 · 6th 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.