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Heart PET Blood Flow Scan With CT

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$562 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$1,259 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,012Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $129 to $2,188
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $2,138professional $1,000

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
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$5,011.87
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$186.21
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,137.96
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,073.80
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$1,479.11
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 40th of 51

$1,000

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.