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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

West 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 October 2026.

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

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,122Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $195 to $759
$200$500$1Kfacility $437professional $316

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$602.56

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 34th of 51

$324

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.