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Nuclear Medicine Study Of Stomach And Small Bowel Emptying

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $331 to $447.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $295 to $575
$500professional $427

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$427

AK $933FL $324

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.