Thyroid cancer spread imaging uptake measurement

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

NM Thyroid Metastases Uptake

Payers reporting CPT 78020

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$317

Median

$270

High

$987

Payer rate distribution

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1	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms	336	$131	$317	$558	176%	—	$1 – $8.4k
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	240	$167	$180	$135	75%	—	$0 – $1.2k
3	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +32 other terms	204	$84	$423	$889	210%	—	$1 – $9.2k
4	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	168	$147	$226	$248	110%	—	$1 – $1.0k
5	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	118	$203	$149	$163	110%	—	$25 – $1.8k
6	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	75	$124	$896	$2.2k	243%	—	$23 – $11.1k
7	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	63	$61	$122	$177	145%	—	$1 – $1.1k
8	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	41	$80	$368	$591	161%	—	$42 – $2.2k
9	WellCare fee schedule · both · +13 other terms	39	$51	$58	$51	88%	—	$20 – $246
10	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	31	$226	$229	$68	30%	—	$94 – $426
11	Baylor Scott White Health Plan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	26	$356	$290	$78	27%	—	$82 – $385
12	Superior Healthplan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +2 other terms	25	$100	$107	$35	32%	—	$53 – $206
13	Amerihealth Caritas facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	24	$37	$159	$266	168%	—	$35 – $798
14	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	23	$38	$120	$97	81%	—	$35 – $370
15	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	23	$310	$303	$352	116%	—	$77 – $1.5k
16	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	22	$69	$88	$100	113%	—	$29 – $461
17	Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	22	$211	$176	$172	98%	—	$60 – $963
18	Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +14 other terms	21	$270	$235	$119	50%	—	$39 – $487
19	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms	21	$80	$68	$13	19%	—	$53 – $80
20	Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	21	$38	$46	$31	67%	—	$26 – $195
21	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	18	$53	$50	$3	6%	—	$45 – $54
22	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	15	$556	$547	$332	61%	—	$118 – $1.4k
23	Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	15	$616	$3.4k	$11.0k	324%	—	$45 – $50k
24	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	14	$53	$108	$130	120%	—	$29 – $519
25	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	13	$187	$182	$93	51%	—	$25 – $535

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