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Whole Body Bone Marrow Scan

New York 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$200 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$60.26 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $60 to $832Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $182 to $468
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $245professional $234

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
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$363.08
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$891.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$660.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$75.86
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$245.47
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$537.03
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$501.19
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$426.58
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$51.29
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55

Where New York 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.

New York· 46th of 51

$234

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.