Thyroid nuclear medicine scan with whole body imaging

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC Thyroid Ca/Mets Imag, Wb

Payers reporting CPT 78018

Payer pricing summary

Low

$200

Average

$1.1k

Median

$928

High

$4.1k

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1	Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +3 other terms	3	$601	$605	$32	5%	27–54	$562 – $662
2	Medicare other · both · +17 other terms	44	$574	$612	$179	29%	25–124	$493 – $1.9k
3	Wellmark case rate · outpatient · +16 other terms	14	$511	$587	$234	40%	25–34	$108 – $1.1k
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +32 other terms	478	$728	$815	$591	73%	16–52	$1 – $5.9k
5	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +37 other terms	730	$761	$811	$687	85%	15–51	$1 – $15.8k
6	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	173	$764	$635	$697	110%	6–60	$12 – $5.5k
7	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms	656	$643	$1.1k	$1.8k	159%	4–40	$1 – $54.2k
8	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	31	$829	$925	$560	61%	3–30	$37 – $2.2k
9	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms	425	$998	$1.1k	$772	67%	2–20	$39 – $8.5k
10	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms	235	$476	$461	$251	54%	1–10	$1 – $1.5k
11	Bcbs In other · both · +1 other terms	11	$2.0k	$2.0k	$321	16%	1–10	$1.3k – $2.6k
12	Bcbs Mt fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	1	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	1–10	$1.2k – $1.2k
13	Florida Blue fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	1	$998	$998	$260	26%	1–10	$744 – $1.4k
14	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms	407	$566	$765	$860	112%	—	$1 – $5.0k
15	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	182	$559	$568	$222	39%	—	$40 – $1.3k
16	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	113	$1.9k	$1.7k	$1.3k	74%	—	$50 – $5.8k
17	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	109	$786	$1.0k	$904	90%	—	$1 – $5.4k
18	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	105	$948	$991	$619	62%	—	$402 – $7.1k
19	Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	90	$547	$597	$451	76%	—	$401 – $4.9k
20	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	81	$333	$352	$141	40%	—	$164 – $1.9k
21	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	75	$559	$542	$248	46%	—	$1 – $1.2k
22	Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	73	$546	$613	$503	82%	—	$49 – $4.6k
23	Oscar facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	66	$794	$775	$257	33%	—	$339 – $1.5k
24	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	63	$787	$1.0k	$1.2k	118%	—	$47 – $5.4k
25	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	56	$704	$691	$564	82%	—	$29 – $2.4k

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