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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

Georgia 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $263 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$200$166 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$200 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $155 to $417Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $135 to $355
$100$200$500facility $263professional $200

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
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
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
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 33rd of 51

$204

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.