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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Illinois 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 6 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$288$251 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$513 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,570Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $240 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $741professional $288

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
$275.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 26th of 51

$339

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.