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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Colorado 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$380 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$468 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $162 to $2,570Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $324 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $490

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
$120.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
1 more rate 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
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 16th of 51

$501

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.