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Heart PET Blood Flow Scan With CT

North Carolina 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$200$135 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$1,413 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,754Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $89 to $2,399
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $200

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
$213.80
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,467.37
5 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$489.78

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 49th of 51

$204

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.