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Adrenal Gland Nuclear Imaging

North Carolina 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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$513$363 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$363 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,188Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,096
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,318professional $513

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
8 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
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$165.96

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$513

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.