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Tracer Scan for Vein Clots on Both Sides

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$302$240 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$288 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $162 to $977Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $186 to $501
$200$500$1Kfacility $479professional $302

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
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
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
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Alaska 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.

Colorado· 15th of 51

$309

AK $776TX $155

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.