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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

South Carolina 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 6 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$234$209 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$295 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,778Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $209 to $380
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $708professional $234

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
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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.

South Carolina· 46th of 51

$234

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.