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Nuclear Scan For Damaged Heart Muscle

Utah 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$141 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$316 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,291Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $62 to $355
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $191

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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,265.80
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 48th of 51

$219

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.