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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Kansas 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $457 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$275$209 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$309 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $204 to $977Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $195 to $575
$200$500$1Kfacility $457professional $275

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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
3 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
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 15th of 51

$302

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.