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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Florida 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$214 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$741 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,512Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $100 to $550
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $263

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
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$109.65
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,348.96
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$660.69
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$467.74
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$64.57
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$282

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.