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Tracer Scan for Vein Clots on Both Sides

North Carolina 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$263$209 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$170 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $170 to $891Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $170 to $525
$200$500$1Kfacility $550professional $263

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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$426.58
8 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
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$79.43

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 24th of 51

$263

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.