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Three-Phase Bone Scan

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Three-Phase Bone Scan cost?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $372 to $417.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $302 to $575
$200.0$500.0professional $380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$363.08
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $380 · 19th of 51
WY $1,230FL $251

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.