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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

South Carolina 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$182$155 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$447 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,445Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $66 to $295
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $182

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
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$251.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$195

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.