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Nuclear Scan Of Blood Flow Outside The Heart

Maryland 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 July 2026.

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

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $120 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$174 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$51.29 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $22 to $331Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $151 to $324
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $120professional $182

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Maryland $182 · 39th of 51
WY $575FL $148

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.