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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Rhode Island 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $813 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$251$219 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$617 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $575 to $955Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $170 to $437
$200$500$1Kfacility $813professional $251

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 17th of 51

$295

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.