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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 October 2026.

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

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$525$427 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$794 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,778Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $316 to $759
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $525

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$575

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.