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Three-Phase Bone Scan

Iowa 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$331 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$537 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,148Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $263 to $832
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $617professional $490

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
$269.15
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$537

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.