go back

Nuclear Scan For A Fresh Blood Clot In A Vein

Pennsylvania 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 9 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$282$257 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$490 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,905Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $245 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $282

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$630.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 34th of 51

$302

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.