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Three-Phase Bone Scan

Georgia 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $501 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$363$309 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$355 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $295 to $933Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $245 to $708
$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $363

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
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
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
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$251.19

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 34th of 51

$380

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.