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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Montana 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 5 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$324$219 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$324 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $316 to $891Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,175
$200$500$1Kfacility $347professional $324

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$562.34
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$891.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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.

Montana· 11th of 51

$331

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.