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Tracer Scan for Vein Clots on Both Sides

South 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$214$170 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$457 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,318Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $66 to $355
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $676professional $214

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
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$229

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.