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Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle

Michigan 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$251$224 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$282 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $269 to $692Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $191 to $339
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $407professional $251

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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$58.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
4 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
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 37th of 51

$251

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.