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Heart PET Blood Flow Scan With CT

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78430

A PET scan that measures how well blood reaches the heart muscle, done together with a CT scan taken at the same time to sharpen the pictures. Areas receiving too little blood show up as cold spots, pointing to narrowed or blocked heart arteries. It gives a more detailed picture of heart muscle blood supply than a conventional nuclear stress scan.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heart PET Blood Flow Scan With CT cost?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$851$372 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,905 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $1,905Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,905professional $851

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
2 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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in Nebraska 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.

Alabama· 9th of 51

$1,905

NE $2,692SC $191

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.