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Heart PET Scan, Blood Flow And Energy Use

Rhode Island 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 October 2026.

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

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,042 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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$2,042$1,820 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$4,169 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $6,310Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $4,266
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $2,042

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 20.0 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.

Rhode Island· 23rd of 51

$2,399

NE $4,169WA $209

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.