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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 July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 6 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$170$151 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$263 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,549Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $151 to $324
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $603professional $170

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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina $182 · 46th 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.