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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Digestive System

Arizona rates for HCPCS 78299

Covers a nuclear medicine study of the digestive organs, such as the stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder or spleen, when the study performed has no standard named entry of its own. A small amount of a radioactive tracer is given, and a special camera records where in the body it collects. The team performing it sets out in a written report exactly what was done.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Digestive System cost?

$89.13

Typical facility fee. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $72.44 to $145.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $20 to $933Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $79 to $209
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $91professional $87

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 60.3 times more in New Hampshire than in Alaska. 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.

Arizona· 45th of 47

$89.13

NH $3,631AK $60.26

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.