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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Michigan 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $631 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$331 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$447 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,820Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $282 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $631professional $363

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 36th of 51

$380

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.