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Three-Phase Bone Scan

Virginia 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $457 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$302 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$229 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $65 to $1,349Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $234 to $603
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $457professional $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
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$354.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,348.96
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,318.26
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$114.82
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
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
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 36th of 51

$372

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.