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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $813 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$191$141 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$282 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,951Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $91 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $191

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
$190.55
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$158.49
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
6 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$169.82

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 35th 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.