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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

Tennessee 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $151 to $437.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $251 to $513Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $347professional $245

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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
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
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 16th of 51

$257

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.