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Other Nuclear Heart Or Blood Vessel Study

Massachusetts 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?

$631

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $501 to $724.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,047Professionalmedian $28,840 · 10th to 90th $28,840 to $28,840
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $631professional $28,840

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 676.1 times more in Florida than in Alaska. 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.

Massachusetts· 32nd of 46

$631

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.