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Parathyroid Scan With Cross-Sectional Images

Arizona 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 October 2026.

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

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$380$324 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$525 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,660Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,138
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,023professional $380

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
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$537.03
1 more rate 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
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.6 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.

Arizona· 28th of 51

$437

AK $1,047FL $288

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.