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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

Massachusetts 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $219 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$174 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$155 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $49 to $2,291Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,096
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $219professional $229

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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,096.48
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$331.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$724.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,096.48
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$331.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$524.81
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$60.26
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
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
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 28th of 51

$224

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.