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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Idaho 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $912 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$229 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$537 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,413Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $54 to $447
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $912professional $347

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$380.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$416.87

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 8th of 51

$380

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.