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Tracer Scan for Vein Clots on Both Sides

Mississippi 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$166 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$234 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $166 to $813Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $145 to $355
$200$500$1Kfacility $537professional $229

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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$269.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$281.84
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
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 34th of 51

$234

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.