go back

Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle

Kentucky 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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$240$229 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$269 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $170 to $2,754Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $182 to $398
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $240

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
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
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
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 42nd of 51

$240

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.