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Nuclear Scan of the Spleen

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 78185

A scan of the spleen using a small amount of radioactive tracer given through a vein, with a special camera recording where the tracer collects. It shows the size, position, and working tissue of the spleen, and can find spleen tissue elsewhere in the abdomen after injury or surgery.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan of the Spleen cost?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $794 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$200$186 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$631 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,023Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $129 to $363
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $794professional $200

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 4.5 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.

Rhode Island· 17th of 51

$245

AK $631FL $141

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.