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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

Minnesota 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$331$263 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$158 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,660Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $195 to $537
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $331

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
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$257.04
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$977.24
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$478.63
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
4 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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$331

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.