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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Florida 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $759 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$132 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$355 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $162 to $813Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $46 to $339
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $759professional $166

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
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$436.52
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$331.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$44.67
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$186.21
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.92
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
3 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
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$178

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.