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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Massachusetts 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 8 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$245$214 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$209 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $191 to $813Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $191 to $603
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $501professional $245

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
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$870.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$524.81
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$562.34
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$794.33

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $257 · 21st 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.