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Parathyroid Scan With Cross-Sectional Images

Louisiana 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 6 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 $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$513 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $437 to $933Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $182 to $501
$200$500$1Kfacility $513professional $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
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$468

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.