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Parathyroid Scan With Cross-Sectional Images

Tennessee 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $302 to $724.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $501 to $977Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,096
$500$1K$2Kfacility $617professional $457

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
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$691.83
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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 17th of 51

$501

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.