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Whole Body Bone Marrow Scan

Minnesota 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$457$363 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$234 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,660Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $275 to $776
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $457

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$281.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$707.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$109.65
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$57.54

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$457

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.