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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 July 2026.

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

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $646 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 5 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$245$229 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$447 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,738Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $224 to $646
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $646professional $245

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
$229.09
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee $245 · 43rd 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.