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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

Kansas 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$224$178 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$240 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,349Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $162 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $603professional $224

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
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
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$141.25

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 20th of 51

$240

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.