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Heart PET Scan, Blood Flow And Viability

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,042 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,042$1,000 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$2,399 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $851 to $4,571
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $2,042

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
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,332.54
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$20,417.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$251.19
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$11,220.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,344.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
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
$2,691.53
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 31st of 51

$2,291

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.