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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

South Carolina 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$257$234 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$295 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,318Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $234 to $427
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $513professional $257

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 49th of 51

$257

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.