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Heart PET Blood Flow Scan With CT

Louisiana 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?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$1,259$174 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$2,042 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $4,786Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $1,259

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
$1,258.93
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,344.23
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in Nebraska than in Washington. 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· 13th of 51

$1,738

NE $2,692WA $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.