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Whole Body Bone Marrow Scan

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, 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 $724 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$309$219 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$204 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,148Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $204 to $646
$200$500$1Kfacility $724professional $309

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
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
8 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
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$93.33

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 28th 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.