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Heart PET Scan, Blood Flow And Viability

Virginia 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?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,820$1,230 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$166 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $110 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $170 to $4,169
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $1,820

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
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,230.27
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$1,778

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.