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Tracer Scan for Vein Clots on Both Sides

Michigan 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $363 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$219$191 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$263 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $240 to $617Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $151 to $288
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $363professional $219

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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$87.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$51.29
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
4 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
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 40th of 51

$219

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.