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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Iowa 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$214 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$389 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,072Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $158 to $550
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $617professional $324

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
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$93.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,071.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$363.08
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$53.70
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$347

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.