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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 October 2026.

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

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $54.95 from a physician practice, and about $776 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$54.95$39.81 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$724 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $417 to $813Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $35 to $60
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $55

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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
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
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 30th of 47

$776

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.