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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 July 2026.

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

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 8 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$257$224 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$302 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,047Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $195 to $513
$5.0$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $871professional $257

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
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio $263 · 40th 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.