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3D Nuclear Heart Pumping Scan At Rest

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 78494

A nuclear scan in which a small amount of radioactive tracer is attached to the blood and a camera records images timed to the heartbeat, building three-dimensional pictures of the heart. Taken while the patient is resting, it shows how well the heart walls move and what share of the blood in the chamber each beat pushes out.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does 3D Nuclear Heart Pumping Scan At Rest cost?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$427$347 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$214 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,138Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $263 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $589professional $427

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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$165.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
4 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
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 4.7 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$437

AK $851TX $182

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.