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Nuclear Scan For Abnormal Blood Flow In The Heart

Alaska rates for HCPCS 78428

A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected into a vein and a special camera follows its passage through the heart and lungs. The pattern and timing show whether blood is leaking between the chambers of the heart instead of following its normal path. It is used to find and gauge the size of a shunt, an abnormal connection inside the heart.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan For Abnormal Blood Flow In The Heart cost?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $708.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,072
$200$500$1Kprofessional $513

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,071.52
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$513

WY $676FL $138

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.