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Adrenal Gland Nuclear Imaging

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 78075

A nuclear medicine scan of the adrenal glands that uses a small amount of radioactive tracer, injected into the bloodstream, to show how active the glands are. It helps identify a hormone-producing tumor or other abnormality in the adrenal glands.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Adrenal Gland Nuclear Imaging cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$295 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$490 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,090Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $224 to $562
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,380professional $468

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
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$371.54
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 33rd of 51

$490

AK $1,585KY $347

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.