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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 July 2026.

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

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $589 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$178 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$398 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $191 to $794Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $170 to $269
$200$500$1Kfacility $589professional $229

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wyoming 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.

Alabama· 31st of 51

$229

WY $724FL $162

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.