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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 October 2026.

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

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $269 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$229 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$60.26 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $60 to $933Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $209 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $269professional $269

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$776.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$43.65
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$645.65
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$467.74
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$398.11
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$46.77
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78

Where New York 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 York· 45th of 51

$269

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.