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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

New Hampshire 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $912 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$269$219 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$871 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,259Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $204 to $562
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $912professional $269

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$741.31

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Hampshire $288 · 15th of 51
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.