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Three-Phase Bone Scan

Illinois 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $708 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$214 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$501 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,884Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $71 to $676
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $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
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$933.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$194.98
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
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
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 28th of 51

$398

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.