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Three-Phase Bone Scan

Rhode Island 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $794 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$295 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$603 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,047Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $263 to $676
$200$500$1Kfacility $794professional $372

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 17th of 51

$468

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.