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Three-Phase Bone Scan

Arizona rates for HCPCS 78315

This nuclear medicine scan uses a small amount of a radioactive tracer injected into a vein to evaluate a bone or joint in three stages: right after injection to see blood flow, a few minutes later to see blood pooling in the tissue, and again after a delay to see how the bone itself absorbs the tracer. It helps distinguish conditions like infection, a healing fracture, or inflammation in a bone from other causes of pain or swelling.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Three-Phase Bone Scan cost?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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$355$302 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$537 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,698Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,138
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,023professional $355

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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$549.54
3 more rates 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Arizona· 22nd of 51

$427

AK $1,288KY $275

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.