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Heart Pet Blood Flow Scan At Rest And Stress

Georgia rates for HCPCS 78492

A positron emission tomography scan that shows how well blood reaches the heart muscle, with images taken more than once - typically once while resting and again while the heart is stressed with medication or exercise. Comparing the two sets shows areas that get enough blood at rest but not when the heart works harder.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heart Pet Blood Flow Scan At Rest And Stress cost?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$1,514$871 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,318 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $631 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $575 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $1,514

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
$1,513.56
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
3 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
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in Nebraska than in Washington. 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.

Georgia· 28th of 51

$1,514

NE $3,090WA $204

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.