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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Oklahoma 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $324 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$229 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$288 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,230Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,738
$200$500$1Kfacility $324professional $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
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$575.44

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 40th of 51

$288

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.