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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Digestive System

Massachusetts 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?

$631

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $501 to $724.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,230
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $631

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,951.21
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 30th of 47

$631

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.