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Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle

Arkansas 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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$224 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$1,230 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,660Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $209 to $380
$200$500$1Kfacility $1,230professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 18th of 51

$324

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.