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Heart Damage Scan With Pumping Measurement

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 78468

A nuclear scan in which a small amount of radioactive tracer is injected into a vein and gathers in areas of heart muscle that have been recently damaged, so those areas stand out on the pictures. The study also measures how much blood the heart pushes out with each beat as the tracer first travels through it. It is used after a suspected heart attack to show where the damage is and how well the heart is still pumping.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heart Damage Scan With Pumping Measurement cost?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$219 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$708 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,230Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $162 to $389
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,047professional $219

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Rhode Island· 17th of 51

$282

AK $741TX $158

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.