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Parathyroid Scan With Cross-Sectional Images

New Jersey 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $759 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$389$316 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$372 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,631Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $288 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $759professional $389

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
$371.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$12,882.50
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$831.76
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 33rd of 51

$407

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.