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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Michigan 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $389 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$240$209 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$275 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $257 to $661Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $200 to $316
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $389professional $240

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
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$67.61
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$43.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
4 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
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 36th of 51

$240

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.