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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Digestive System

Idaho 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?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $977 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$661$30.20 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$794 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,413Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $30 to $661
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $977professional $661

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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 23rd of 47

$912

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.