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Heart Pumping Measurement By Probe

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 78414

Measures how strongly the heart is pumping by giving a radioactive tracer and holding a small detector over the chest to count the signal it gives off. No pictures are produced — the result is a set of numbers describing heart function. Readings may be taken at rest and again during exercise or after a medicine that makes the heart work harder.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heart Pumping Measurement By Probe cost?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$85.11$81.28 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$85.11 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,096Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $79 to $117
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $85

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Wyoming than in Hawaii. 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$89.13

WY $275HI $35.48

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.