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Parathyroid Scan With Cross-Sectional Images

Mississippi 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$427$282 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$331 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $331 to $661Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $263 to $708
$200$500$1Kfacility $331professional $427

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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 42nd of 51

$363

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.