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Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle

North Carolina 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $631 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$324$251 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$182 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $182 to $977Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $182 to $589
$200$500$1Kfacility $631professional $324

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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
8 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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 21st of 51

$324

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.