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Heart PET Scan, Blood Flow And Energy Use

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 78432

A positron emission tomography scan of the heart using two different radioactive tracers: one shows how much blood reaches each part of the heart muscle, the other shows how that muscle is using energy. Comparing the two tells whether muscle in a poorly supplied area is scarred beyond recovery or still alive and likely to improve if blood flow is restored.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heart PET Scan, Blood Flow And Energy Use cost?

$2,455

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,514$282 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$2,455 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,981Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $195 to $2,570
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $1,514

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,888.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in South Dakota than in Delaware. 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· 10th of 51

$2,455

SD $3,388DE $1,000

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.