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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Kansas 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $955 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$355 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$955 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,380Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $331 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $479

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
$165.96
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
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
$281.84

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 11th of 51

$589

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.