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Nuclear Scan For Stomach-Type Lining In The Bowel

Utah 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$141 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$282 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,288Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $44 to $339
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $794professional $191

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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 42nd of 51

$214

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.