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Three-Phase Bone Scan

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $339 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$407$282 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$282 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,585Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $269 to $871
$200$500$1Kfacility $339professional $407

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
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
8 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
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$128.82

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 30th 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.