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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 July 2026.

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

$105

Typical facility fee. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $67.61 to $339.

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

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $21 to $851Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $79 to $575
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $105professional $87

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 1778.3 times more in Kentucky than in Nevada. 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

$105

KY $75,858NV $42.66

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.