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Nuclear Scan for Thyroid Cancer That Has Spread

Wyoming 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?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $631 to $977.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $251 to $437Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $339 to $977
$500.0$1.0Kfacility $251professional $977

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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming $891 · 1st 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.