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Parathyroid Scan With Cross-Sectional Images

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78071

A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected and pictures are taken as it collects in an overactive parathyroid gland in the neck, which is usually caused by a small benign growth. This version adds cross-sectional images built by a rotating camera, which pinpoint the gland in three dimensions. The result guides the surgeon to the right gland.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Parathyroid Scan With Cross-Sectional Images cost?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $302 to $398.

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

Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $295 to $468
$500$1Kprofessional $398

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.8 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.

Alabama· 17th of 51

$398

WY $1,259FL $263

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.