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Tracer Scan for Vein Clots on Both Sides

Massachusetts 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$204 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$182 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $58 to $776Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,479
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $240professional $263

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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,479.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$512.86
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$691.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,479.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$512.86
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$660.69
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$74.13
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 27th of 51

$257

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.