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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 8 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$269$245 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$158 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $44 to $1,072Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $186 to $501
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $309professional $269

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
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$676.08
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $275 · 37th 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.