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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Iowa 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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$398$269 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$331 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,388Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,138
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,202professional $398

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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$501

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.