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First-Pass Nuclear Scan Of Heart Pumping Function

Kansas 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$186 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$275 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,349Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $174 to $513
$200$500$1Kfacility $603professional $269

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
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
3 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
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$147.91

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 12th of 51

$295

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.