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Heart PET Scan, Blood Flow And Energy Use

South 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 October 2026.

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

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$138 to $1,622
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$3,802 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $7,943Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $107 to $2,818
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $191

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,570.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 50th of 51

$214

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.