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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Nevada 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$324$282 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$302 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $302 to $692Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,862
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $324

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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 35th of 51

$302

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.