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Whole Body Bone Marrow Scan

Tennessee 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $214 to $617.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $407 to $708Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,549
$200$500$1Kfacility $525professional $331

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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$562.34
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,905.46
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78
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
$100.00
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 12th of 51

$380

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.