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Three-Phase Bone Scan

South 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $955 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$331$275 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$631 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,660Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $66 to $537
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $331

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
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
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
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$363

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.