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Nuclear Scan For Abnormal Blood Flow In The Heart

Kansas 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 October 2026.

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

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$186 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$245 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $195 to $977Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $158 to $537
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $457professional $229

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
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
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
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska 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.

Kansas· 22nd of 51

$240

AK $562FL $148

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.