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Whole Body Bone Marrow Scan

Mississippi 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$295$195 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$240 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $195 to $813Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $174 to $372
$200$500$1Kfacility $537professional $295

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
2 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
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 29th of 51

$302

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.