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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

Florida 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$115 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$282 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,047Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $51 to $275
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $138

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$562.34
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$338.84
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$234.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$169.82
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$36.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
3 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$145

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.