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Tracer Scan for Vein Clots on Both Sides

Minnesota 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$380$309 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$195 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,549Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $234 to $646
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $380

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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$331.13
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$128.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$380

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.