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Three-Phase Bone Scan

Colorado 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $776 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$380 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$417 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,585Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $302 to $794
$200$500$1Kfacility $776professional $501

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
$120.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
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
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$513

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.