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Heart PET Scan, Blood Flow And Viability

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 78433

A PET scan of the heart that uses two different radioactive tracers in the same session: one shows how much blood is reaching each part of the heart muscle, and the other shows whether that muscle is still alive and using energy. Comparing the two tells doctors whether a poorly supplied area would recover if blood flow were restored, or whether it is scar tissue that would not.

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$275 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$2,570 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $4,266Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $209 to $4,074
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $324

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
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,495.41
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
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Connecticut 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.

North Carolina· 49th of 51

$331

CT $4,467SC $214

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.