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First-Pass Nuclear Scan Of Heart Pumping Function

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 78481

A radioactive tracer is injected into a vein and a camera records its very first sweep through the chambers of the heart. From that recording the scan measures how much of the blood in a chamber is pushed out with each beat, which is a direct measure of pumping strength. A single study is performed, either with the patient at rest or with the heart under stress.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does First-Pass Nuclear Scan Of Heart Pumping Function cost?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $457 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$178 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$457 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $331 to $661Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $166 to $316
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $457professional $214

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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.8 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.

Arkansas· 21st of 51

$263

AK $676TX $141

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.