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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Nevada 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$347$309 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$331 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $257 to $3,467Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $229 to $617
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $407professional $347

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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 40th of 51

$355

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.