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Three-Phase Bone Scan

North Dakota 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$631$479 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$355 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,349Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $355 to $813
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $355professional $631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 7th of 51

$631

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.