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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Montana 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$309 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$102 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $95 to $646Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $102 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $417

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 25th of 51

$437

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.