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Adrenal Gland Nuclear Imaging

South 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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$437$331 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,995 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $6,310Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $66 to $724
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $437

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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$468

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.