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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Alabama 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 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$355$269 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$525 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,905Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $251 to $417
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $617professional $355

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 24th of 51

$355

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.