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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Mississippi 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$182 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$240 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $158 to $813Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $158 to $355
$200$500$1Kfacility $537professional $263

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
2 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
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 28th of 51

$269

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.