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Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle

Connecticut 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $245 to $437.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,072Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $219 to $479
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $288

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
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 28th of 51

$288

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.