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Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78469

A nuclear medicine scan that uses a small dose of radioactive tracer which gathers in areas of heart muscle that are damaged or hold abnormal deposits. A camera rotates around the chest to build cross-sectional images, so the affected areas can be located and their extent judged. It differs from a stress test, which looks at blood flow to the muscle rather than the muscle itself.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle cost?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 from a hospital or other facility.

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$257$209 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$1,413 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $1,413Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $182 to $380
$200$500$1Kfacility $1,413professional $257

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
3 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.6 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.

Alabama· 2nd of 51

$741

AK $832TX $182

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.