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Parathyroid Scan With Cross-Sectional Images

Ohio 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $955 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$339$295 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$813 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,778Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $245 to $661
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $339

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
$467.74
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$707.95
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$151.36
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$691.83
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
$239.88
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$794.33

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 43rd of 51

$355

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.