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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Nebraska 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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$537$269 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$339 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $257 to $2,884Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $537

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
$269.15
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$550

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.