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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Connecticut 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$427$380 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$457 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,622Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $324 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $427

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 22nd of 51

$447

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.