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Three-Phase Bone Scan

Kentucky 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$275$245 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$257 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $191 to $537Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $234 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $282professional $275

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
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
2 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
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$77.62

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$275

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.