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First-Pass Nuclear Scan Of Heart Pumping Function

Oregon 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$275 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$95.50 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $81 to $479Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $240 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $240professional $398

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 16th of 51

$282

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.