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Nuclear Medicine Study Of Stomach And Small Bowel Emptying

Michigan 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$427$398 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$525 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,202Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $309 to $575
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $741professional $427

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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$54.95
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$93.33
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
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
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 31st of 51

$437

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.