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Heart Pumping Scan, First Pass, Rest and Stress

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 78483

A nuclear scan that measures how well the heart pumps by tracking a tracer during its very first pass through the heart chambers. Images are recorded both with the heart at rest and while it is stressed by exercise or medicine, so the two can be compared. It gives the fraction of blood pushed out with each beat and shows how the chamber walls move.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heart Pumping Scan, First Pass, Rest and Stress cost?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $776 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$234$209 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$468 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,820Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $191 to $457
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $776professional $234

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
$234.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,011.87
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$575.44
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$173.78
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$67.61
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$186.21
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$46.77
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$186.21

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 5.0 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.

Pennsylvania· 45th of 51

$251

AK $891TX $178

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.