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Other Nuclear Imaging Study Of An Endocrine Gland

Colorado rates for HCPCS 78099

Covers a nuclear medicine scan of a hormone-producing gland, such as the thyroid, parathyroid or adrenal glands, when the study performed has no standard named entry of its own. A small amount of radioactive tracer is given, and a special camera records where it collects to show how the gland is working or where abnormal tissue lies. Because the exact study varies, the radiologist's report sets out what was done.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Other Nuclear Imaging Study Of An Endocrine Gland cost?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $851 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$120 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$162 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,288Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $120 to $162
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 1778.3 times more in Kentucky than in Nevada. 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.

Colorado· 25th of 46

$646

KY $75,858NV $42.66

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.