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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

Kentucky 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $141 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$170$145 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$132 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $39 to $263Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $138 to $288
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $141professional $170

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
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
2 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
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$40.74

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$170

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.