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Nuclear Scan Of Blood Flow Outside The Heart

Alaska rates for HCPCS 78445

A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected into a vein and a special camera follows it as it travels, producing pictures of blood moving through arteries or veins somewhere other than the heart. The images show where flow is fast, slow, diverted or blocked.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan Of Blood Flow Outside The Heart cost?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $562 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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$759$501 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$562 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $479 to $813Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $417 to $759
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $759

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
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$759

AK $759KY $138

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.