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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

Mississippi 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$219$145 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$316 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,096Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $135 to $288
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $676professional $219

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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
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
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 24th of 51

$234

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.