go back

Three-Phase Bone Scan

New Jersey 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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$363$316 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$479 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $275 to $4,786Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $257 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $363

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
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$77.62
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$12,882.50
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 32nd of 51

$389

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.