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Whole Body Bone Marrow Scan

Illinois 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$282$219 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$501 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,089Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $55 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $282

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
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$891.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$165.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
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
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$316

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.