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Whole Body Bone Marrow Scan

Maryland 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $209 to $263.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $195 to $389
$200$500professional $229

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$194.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$67.61
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$645.65
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$56.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
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
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$229

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.