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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Ohio 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$331$288 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$813 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,890Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $224 to $603
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $331

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
$407.38
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$676.08
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$173.78
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$660.69
2 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$891.25

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 43rd of 51

$339

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.