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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

New York 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $372 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 9 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$282$240 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$269 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $191 to $912Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $195 to $724
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $372professional $282

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
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$707.95
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$354.81
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,202.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$588.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$53,703.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$457.09
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81

Where New York 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 York $302 · 31st 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.