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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $389 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$219 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$234 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $219 to $851Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $191 to $275
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $389professional $229

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $234 · 28th of 51
WY $724FL $162

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.