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Three-Phase Bone Scan

Montana 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$309 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$69.18 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $65 to $661Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $68 to $575
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $501professional $447

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 20th of 51

$447

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.