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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Minnesota 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$380$302 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$186 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,549Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $234 to $631
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $380

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
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$213.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$81.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$389

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.