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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$407$339 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$1,230 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $1,660Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $309 to $575
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,230professional $407

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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Arkansas· 20th of 51

$479

AK $1,023FL $282

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.