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Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle

Mississippi 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$275$186 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$316 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,096Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $166 to $389
$200$500$1Kfacility $676professional $275

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
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$371.54
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
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 31st of 51

$282

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.