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Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Montana rates for HCPCS 78456

An imaging test in which a small amount of a radioactive tracer that sticks to fresh clot material is injected into a vein, and a scanning camera then shows where clots have formed. It is used to find a recent clot in the deep veins.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein cost?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $537 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$513$331 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$501 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,549Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,862
$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $513

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,090.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Wyoming 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.

Montana· 10th of 51

$513

WY $1,122FL $224

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.