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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 October 2026.

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

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $355 to $724.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,188Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,585professional $389

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,122.02
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$114.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$707.95

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 14th of 51

$417

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.