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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

New Jersey 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$309 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $191 to $5,495Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $191 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $708professional $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
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$11,748.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 35th of 51

$389

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.