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Heart PET Blood Flow Scan, Single Study

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78491

A positron emission tomography scan that shows how well blood reaches the heart muscle. A small amount of radioactive tracer is given and a scanner maps where it is taken up. This version covers one set of images, taken either at rest or during stress.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heart PET Blood Flow Scan, Single Study cost?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$851$851 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,413 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,884Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,820
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,950professional $851

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in New Hampshire than in Montana. 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.

Alabama· 25th of 51

$1,413

NH $2,042MT $776

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.