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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Rhode Island 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 4 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$251$251 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$759 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,236Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $251 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $251

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 29th of 51

$316

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.