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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Alaska rates for HCPCS 78456

An imaging test in which a small amount of a radioactive tracer that sticks to fresh clot material is injected into a vein, and a scanning camera then shows where clots have formed. It is used to find a recent clot in the deep veins.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein cost?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $832 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$912$832 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$832 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,202Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,738
$500$1Kfacility $832professional $912

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
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,737.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Wyoming 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$912

WY $1,122FL $224

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.