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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Missouri 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 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$288$204 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$316 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,259Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $178 to $631
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $288

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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$537.03
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
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 19th of 51

$288

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.