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First-Pass Nuclear Scan Of Heart Pumping Function

Nebraska 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $933 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$331$269 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$851 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,778Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $200 to $479
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $933professional $331

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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$407.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
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
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$389

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.