3D Bone and Joint Scan

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 78320

This covers a nuclear medicine bone scan performed using a three-dimensional imaging technique, giving more detailed cross-sectional images of bones and joints than a standard flat bone scan. A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected, and the scanner detects where it concentrates in the bone, which can highlight areas of abnormal bone activity. This more detailed version is often used to better pinpoint the exact source of pain or an abnormal finding, such as in the spine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does 3D Bone and Joint Scan cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $912 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 20 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$427	$331 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$912	$631 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,738Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,349

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $549.54 Median $891.25 Typical High $2,137.96	Facility	Global	$549.54	$891.25	$2,137.96
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $588.84 Median $812.83 Typical High $2,238.72	Facility	Global	$588.84	$812.83	$2,238.72
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $338.84 Median $524.81 Typical High $707.95	Professional	Global	$338.84	$524.81	$707.95

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 44.7 times more in Kansas than in South Carolina. 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.

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KS $1,349SC $30.20

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.