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Tracer Scan for Vein Clots on Both Sides

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78458

A scan that uses a small amount of radioactive tracer given through a vein, with a camera following it to show where flow through the veins is blocked by a clot. This version covers imaging the veins on both sides of the body.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracer Scan for Vein Clots on Both Sides cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $589 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$178 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$339 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $182 to $794Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $166 to $288
$200$500$1Kfacility $589professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$275.42

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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.

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$240

WY $759FL $151

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.