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3D Nuclear Heart Pumping Scan At Rest

North Carolina 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$363$275 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$191 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $191 to $933Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $191 to $603
$200$500$1Kfacility $603professional $363

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
8 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
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 13th of 51

$363

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.