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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

New Hampshire 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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 5 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$363$295 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$1,122 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $1,585Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $251 to $776
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $1,259professional $363

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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire $398 · 12th 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.