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Other Nuclear Heart Or Blood Vessel Study

South Carolina 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 October 2026.

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

$1,380

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $832 to $1,862.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,089Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $30 to $30
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,514professional $30

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
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
1 more rate 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 60.3 times more in New Hampshire 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.

South Carolina· 8th of 46

$1,380

NH $3,631AK $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.