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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 October 2026.

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

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$589$427 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$77.62 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $63 to $794Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $339 to $759
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $427professional $589

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$645.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
1 more rate 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
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 10th of 51

$479

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.