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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Minnesota 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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$575$437 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$832 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,890Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $575

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
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$617

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.