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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

Arizona rates for HCPCS 78457

A nuclear scan of the veins of one limb, done by injecting a tracer into a vein and following it with a camera as it travels back toward the heart. Places where the tracer is held up or diverted into surface veins suggest a clot blocking the deep veins. Only one side is examined.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side cost?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $575 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$162 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$269 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,023Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,096
$200$500$1Kfacility $575professional $195

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Alabama than in Texas. 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.

Arizona· 26th of 51

$229

AL $661TX $138

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.