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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Massachusetts 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$347$295 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$295 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $229 to $2,512Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $245 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $347

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
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$870.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,073.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$831.76
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,073.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$380

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.