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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

New Mexico 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$316$200 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$331 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $316 to $2,399Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,622
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $646professional $316

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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$208.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$489.78

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico $331 · 18th 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.