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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Missouri 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $631 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$309$282 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$282 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,778Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $251 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $631professional $309

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
$251.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 25th of 51

$347

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.