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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Iowa 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $288 to $933.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $263 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $398

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
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$398

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.