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Parathyroid Scan With Cross-Sectional Images

Colorado 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$398 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$427 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,622Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $331 to $813
$200$500$1Kfacility $794professional $501

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
$120.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
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
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$525

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.