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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

New Jersey 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $891 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$269$251 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$550 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,778Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $214 to $468
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $891professional $269

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
$263.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,290.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey $275 · 36th 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.