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Thyroid Cancer Tracer Uptake Measurement

North Dakota 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $120 to $186.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $85 to $851Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $85 to $214
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $85professional $162

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
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 7th of 51

$158

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.