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Parathyroid Scan With Cross-Sectional Images

Virginia 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$316 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$224 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $66 to $1,380Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $257 to $589
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $398professional $363

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
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$363.08
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$66.07
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$812.83
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$128.82
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st of 51

$372

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.