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Nuclear Heart Blood-Flow Scan, One Study

Tennessee 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $288 to $708.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $437 to $955Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $447

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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
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
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$490

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.