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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$282$263 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$186 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $60 to $1,230Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $204 to $550
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $324professional $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
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$724.44
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th 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.