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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 July 2026.

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

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 7 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$158$129 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$224 to $52,481

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $129 to $120,226Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $129 to $234
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $550professional $158

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
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$56,234.13
Typical High
$162,181.01
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$331.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Florida $162 · 51st of 51
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.