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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

Missouri 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $427 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$214$182 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$251 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $158 to $3,467Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $151 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $427professional $214

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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$407.38
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
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 30th of 51

$214

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.