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Whole Body Bone Marrow Scan

Colorado rates for HCPCS 78104

A nuclear medicine scan that shows where active bone marrow sits throughout the body. A small amount of radioactive tracer is given into a vein, is taken up by marrow, and a camera then records images from head to toe. It is used to see how much working marrow a person has and where marrow has been crowded out or damaged.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Whole Body Bone Marrow Scan cost?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$288 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$331 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,148Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $224 to $603
$200$500$1Kfacility $562professional $363

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
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
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
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09

Where Colorado sits

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

Colorado· 13th of 51

$372

AK $933FL $204

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.