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Whole Body Bone Marrow Scan

Michigan 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$257$219 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$339 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $309 to $759Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $200 to $339
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $257

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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$81.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$48.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
4 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
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 39th of 51

$263

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.