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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Utah 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$251$186 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$389 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,288Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $54 to $447
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $794professional $251

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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 41st of 51

$282

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.