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Tracer Scan for Vein Clots on Both Sides

Virginia 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$186 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$141 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $52 to $871Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $155 to $347
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $245professional $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
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$48.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$776.25
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$512.86
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
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
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 37th of 51

$224

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.