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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Utah 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 Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 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 7 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$282$257 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$269 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $269 to $4,074Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $71 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $282

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
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$588.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 32nd 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.