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Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle

Louisiana 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 5 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 $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$457 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,951Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $117 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $245

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
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$194.98
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 33rd of 51

$269

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.