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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Idaho 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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 8 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$468$331 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$741 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $417 to $4,365Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $309 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $468

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
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 11th of 51

$513

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.