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Right Heart Chamber Pumping Measurement, Added

Alaska rates for HCPCS 78496

An extra measurement made during a nuclear heart scan. The camera tracks the tracer on its first sweep through the heart to work out how much blood the right-sided pumping chamber ejects with each beat. It is performed as part of the main scan and billed in addition to it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Right Heart Chamber Pumping Measurement, Added cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $135 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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$170$129 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$132 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $132 to $191Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $110 to $170
$50$100$200facility $135professional $170

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
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$281.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$407.38

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Alabama than in Florida. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$170

AL $251FL $34.67

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.