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Whole Body Bone Marrow Scan

Massachusetts 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$309$240 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$219 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $49 to $813Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,549
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $309

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
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$389.05
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$891.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$117.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$389.05
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$851.14
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
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
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$229.09

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 27th of 51

$309

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.