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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Pennsylvania 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 9 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$263$234 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$398 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,072Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $219 to $447
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $603professional $263

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
$269.15
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$549.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania $275 · 35th 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.