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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Hawaii 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $269 to $339.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $245 to $417
$50$100$200$500professional $282

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 23rd of 51

$282

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.