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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

South Carolina 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $912 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$229$182 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$589 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,622Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $66 to $363
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $912professional $229

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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$338.84
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
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$240

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.