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Heart Muscle Blood Flow Scan, Multiple Studies

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 78452

This is a nuclear medicine imaging test that shows how well blood flows to the heart muscle, typically performed once at rest and once after exercise or medication-induced stress. A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected and a special camera creates images to spot areas of the heart not getting enough blood flow, such as from blocked arteries.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heart Muscle Blood Flow Scan, Multiple Studies cost?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $407 to $933.

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 $813 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,380Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,820
$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $617

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
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,715.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Minnesota 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· 17th of 51

$676

MN $2,455FL $389

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.