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Thyroid Cancer Tracer Uptake Measurement

Georgia rates for HCPCS 78020

This covers a measurement of how much radioactive tracer is taken up by thyroid cancer tissue, billed in addition to a related nuclear medicine scan rather than as a stand-alone whole-body scan. Because thyroid cancer cells often absorb this tracer even outside the thyroid gland, the measurement helps assess how much cancer tissue is present and how it's responding. It is typically used to follow up patients who have had thyroid cancer treated in the past.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Cancer Tracer Uptake Measurement cost?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $105 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$83.18 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$81.28 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $69 to $178Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $65 to $174
$50$100$200facility $105professional $100

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$141.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$234.42
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$138.04
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska 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.

Georgia· 28th of 51

$100

AK $302FL $66.07

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.