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Other Nuclear Heart Or Blood Vessel Study

California rates for HCPCS 78499

Covers a nuclear medicine study of the heart or blood vessels when the test performed has no standard named entry of its own. A small amount of radioactive tracer is given and a special camera records where it travels, showing blood flow, pumping function, or areas of damaged muscle. The report describes exactly what was done.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Other Nuclear Heart Or Blood Vessel Study cost?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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 7 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$61.66$61.66 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$603 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $58 to $2,239Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $50 to $1,698
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,349professional $62

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where California sits

The same service costs 676.1 times more in Florida than in Alaska. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

California $1,288 · 10th of 46
FL $40,738AK $60.26

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.