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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Arizona 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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 5 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$302$269 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$457 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,905Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,862
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,047professional $302

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 27th of 51

$331

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.