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Three-Phase Bone Scan

Massachusetts 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$427$309 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$302 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $63 to $1,047Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $102 to $2,138
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $417professional $427

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
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$707.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,137.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$363.08
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$69.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,137.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$363.08
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,174.90
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81.28
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$427

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.