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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Indiana 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$178 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$269 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,230Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $162 to $331
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $191

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$51.29
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
2 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
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$36.31

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 47th of 51

$195

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.