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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Maryland 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $251 to $363.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $562 to $562Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $65 to $575
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $562professional $316

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$588.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$831.76
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
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
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$316

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.