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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Washington 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 10 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$490$347 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$427 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,549Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $245 to $813
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $603professional $490

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
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$812.83
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,238.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$741.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44

Where Washington 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.

Washington $501 · 5th 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.