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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Colorado 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 7 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$282 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$302 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,951Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $234 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $525professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 33rd of 51

$302

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.