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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$200$166 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$295 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $257 to $2,570Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $155 to $380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $617professional $200

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
$204.17
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
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$11,748.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$467.74
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$83.18
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
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
$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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 36th 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.