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First-Pass Nuclear Scan Of Heart Pumping Function

Idaho 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$295$214 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$562 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,862Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $78 to $398
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $1,072professional $295

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$338.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$398.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,202.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
1 more rate 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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 6th of 51

$339

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.