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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Louisiana 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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$380$324 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$676 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,754Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $178 to $479
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,349professional $380

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
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11
2 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$479

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.