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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Arkansas 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$245$158 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$282 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $245 to $479Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $138 to $316
$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $245

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
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 24th of 51

$245

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.