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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Ohio 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 8 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$263$234 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$372 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $263 to $3,631Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $182 to $589
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $977professional $263

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
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$741.31
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 38th of 51

$288

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.