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Liver Nuclear Scan, Cross-Sectional Images

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 78205

A scan of the liver using a small amount of radioactive tracer given into a vein, with the camera moving around the body so the pictures can be reconstructed as slices. The slices show how different parts of the liver take up the tracer, which can separate normal tissue from an abnormal area.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Liver Nuclear Scan, Cross-Sectional Images cost?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $724 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$389$316 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$575 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,698Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $309 to $794
$500$1K$2Kfacility $724professional $389

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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,621.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$245.47
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$95.50
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 47.9 times more in California than in South Carolina. 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.

Minnesota· 22nd of 36

$389

CA $1,445SC $30.20

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.