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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Oregon 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $427 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$575$427 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$66.07 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $65 to $603Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $339 to $794
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $427professional $575

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
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$831.76

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon $479 · 7th 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.