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Other Nuclear Scan Of Blood And Lymph System

Virginia 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 October 2026.

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

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,413 from a physician practice, and about $933 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$7,413$166 to $10,233
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$759 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $692 to $10,233Professionalmedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $166 to $11,482
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $7,413

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
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$11,481.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 60.3 times more in New Hampshire than in Alaska. 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.

Virginia· 22nd of 46

$955

NH $3,631AK $60.26

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.