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Tracer Scan for Vein Clots on Both Sides

Louisiana 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$224$170 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$331 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $234 to $933Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $110 to $275
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $447professional $224

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
$223.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$177.83
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$199.53

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 31st of 51

$245

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.