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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Kentucky 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $263 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$275$257 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$234 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $76 to $447Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $234 to $417
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $263professional $275

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
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,380.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$269

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.