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Other Nuclear Scan Of Blood And Lymph System

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 78199

Covers a nuclear medicine study of the blood-forming and lymphatic system — organs such as the spleen, the bone marrow, and the lymph channels and nodes — that has no standard named study of its own. A small amount of radioactive tracer is given and a special camera follows where it travels in the body.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Other Nuclear Scan Of Blood And Lymph System cost?

$437

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $380 to $1,622.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,512Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $100 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $437

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$831.76

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1778.3 times more in Kentucky than in Nevada. 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· 37th of 46

$437

KY $75,858NV $42.66

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.