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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Ohio 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 Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$195 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$741 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,622Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $170 to $437
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,023professional $263

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
$234.42
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$630.96
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$87.10
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$588.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$575.44
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$676.08

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 44th 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.