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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Mississippi 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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$417$288 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$646 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,630Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $257 to $589
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,738professional $417

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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$691.83

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 29th of 51

$417

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.