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Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle

Nebraska 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,122 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,898Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $251 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$490

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.