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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78261

An imaging test in which a small amount of radioactive tracer is injected into a vein and taken up by stomach-type lining tissue. A camera then shows whether such tissue is sitting somewhere outside the stomach, a well-known cause of unexplained bleeding from the bowel in children and young adults.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel cost?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$229$191 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$562 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $562 to $562Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $158 to $407
$200$500$1Kfacility $562professional $229

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$354.81
2 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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alabama· 3rd of 51

$562

AK $741TX $170

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.