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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Maryland 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $245 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$282$257 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$112 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $45 to $550Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $245 to $513
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $245professional $282

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$741.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 41st of 51

$282

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.