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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Digestive System

Florida 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?

$38,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $41,687 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$50.12$34.67 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41,687$513 to $114,815

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41,687 · 10th to 90th $324 to $158,489Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $32 to $85
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $41,687professional $50

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34,673.69
Median
$102,329.30
Typical High
$199,526.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 2nd of 47

$38,905

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.