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Nuclear Scan of the Spleen

Tennessee 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $398 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$240$162 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$295 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $295 to $537Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $240

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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$407.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
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
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 12th of 51

$282

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.