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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

New Mexico 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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$295$100 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$2,512 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $6,457Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $60 to $575
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,169professional $295

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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 44th of 51

$324

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.