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Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle

Indiana 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$245$209 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$347 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,188Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $191 to $380
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $603professional $245

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$79.43
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
2 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
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 38th of 51

$245

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.