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Measuring Actual Blood Flow to the Heart Muscle

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78434

An extra analysis performed as part of a heart scan that measures the actual quantity of blood reaching the heart muscle, both at rest and after a medicine is given to make the heart work harder. Comparing the two figures shows whether flow rises normally under stress, which can reveal narrowing that affects the whole heart evenly. It is billed in addition to the main heart scan.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Measuring Actual Blood Flow to the Heart Muscle cost?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $115 to $1,905.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $1,905Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $28 to $275
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,905professional $115

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
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$100.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65
2 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 57.5 times more in Alabama than in New Mexico. 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.

Alabama· 1st of 51

$1,905

AL $1,905NM $33.11

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.