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Nuclear Medicine Study Of Stomach And Small Bowel Emptying

Kansas rates for HCPCS 78265

This test tracks how quickly a meal containing a small amount of safe radioactive tracer moves out of the stomach and continues through the small intestine, using a special camera to follow the tracer's progress over time. It helps diagnose conditions that cause food to move too slowly or too quickly through the digestive system, such as gastroparesis. This version follows the tracer past the stomach and into the small bowel, not just measuring how long it takes to leave the stomach.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Medicine Study Of Stomach And Small Bowel Emptying cost?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$398 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$525 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $457 to $977Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,399
$500$1K$2Kfacility $550professional $525

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
1 more rate 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
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Kansas· 16th of 51

$525

AK $1,047UT $275

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.