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Three-Phase Bone Scan

New Mexico 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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$257$57.54 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$589 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,995Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $45 to $562
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $257

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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 49th of 51

$282

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.