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Other Nuclear Bone Or Joint Imaging Study

Texas rates for HCPCS 78399

Covers a nuclear medicine scan of the bones, joints or muscles when the study performed has no standard named entry of its own. A small amount of radioactive tracer is given and a special camera records where it gathers, showing areas of unusual bone activity such as injury, infection or repair. The report sets out exactly what was performed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Other Nuclear Bone Or Joint Imaging Study cost?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$347$30.20 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$1,000 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,820Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $30 to $2,692
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,413professional $347

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 60.3 times more in New Hampshire than in Alaska. 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.

Texas· 7th of 46

$1,349

NH $3,631AK $60.26

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.