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Parathyroid Scan With Cross-Sectional Images

Missouri 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 Missouri, 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 $832 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$407$347 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$513 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,413Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $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
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$912.01
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
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 31st 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.