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Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle

Minnesota 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 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$417$339 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$209 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,905Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $251 to $708
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $603professional $417

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
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$331.13
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$630.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$128.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$53.70

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$417

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.