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Nuclear Scan for Active Bowel Bleeding

Alaska rates for HCPCS 78278

A nuclear scan used to find where bleeding is coming from in the digestive tract. The patient's own red blood cells are labeled with a tracer and returned to the bloodstream, and the camera then watches for tracer collecting and moving inside the bowel, which marks the point where blood is escaping. It can catch bleeding that is too slow or too intermittent to find another way.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan for Active Bowel Bleeding cost?

$1,047

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $933 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,230$832 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$871 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,660Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,288
$500$1K$2Kfacility $933professional $1,230

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
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,905.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.8 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$1,047

AK $1,047FL $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.