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Three-Phase Bone Scan

California 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$331 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$174 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $174 to $2,042Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $288 to $2,138
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $589professional $398

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
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,202.26
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$134.90
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$776.25
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$870.96
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$147.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,000.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$134.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$891.25
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,258.93
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15

Where California 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.

California· 26th of 51

$407

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.