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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Kansas 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $339 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$316$275 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$316 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,778Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $224 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $339professional $316

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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 31st of 51

$316

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.