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Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle

Iowa 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $631 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$234 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$437 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,479Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $178 to $589
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $631professional $355

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
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$676.08
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$85.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$398

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.