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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 July 2026.

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

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 3 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$251$240 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$240 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $240 to $437Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $224 to $339
$200$500$1Kfacility $240professional $251

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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· 45th of 51

$240

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.