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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Tennessee 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $240 to $724.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $468 to $851Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,738
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $631professional $372

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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$645.65
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
3 more rates 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 12th of 51

$437

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.