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Tracer Scan for Vein Clots on Both Sides

Kentucky 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$186$178 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$158 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $63 to $295Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $162 to $355
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $174professional $186

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
2 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
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$186

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.