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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Alaska rates for HCPCS 78451

A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected and a rotating camera builds cross-sectional pictures showing how well blood reaches the heart muscle. Areas receiving less blood show up faintly, pointing to narrowed heart arteries or earlier damage. This covers a single set of images, taken either at rest or with the heart stressed, rather than both.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study cost?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $776 to $1,259.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,905
$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kprofessional $933

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $933 · 1st of 51
AK $933FL $257

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.