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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Digestive System

New Jersey 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?

$1,479

Typical facility fee. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $933 to $1,820.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 5th of 47

$1,479

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.