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Whole Body Bone Marrow Scan

Louisiana 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $501 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$269$186 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$407 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $309 to $933Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $129 to $331
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $269

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
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$208.93
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
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
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$295

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.