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First-Pass Nuclear Scan Of Heart Pumping Function

Ohio 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $871 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$209$158 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$380 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,862Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $129 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $209

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
$154.88
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$363.08
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$467.74
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$123.03
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$426.58

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 38th of 51

$214

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.