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Parathyroid Scan With Cross-Sectional Images

Georgia 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$407$339 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$417 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $302 to $912Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $302 to $741
$200$500$1Kfacility $550professional $407

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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
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
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$417

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.