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Lung Ventilation Scan

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78579

A nuclear medicine study of how air moves into and through the lungs. You breathe in a radioactive gas or a fine mist through a mask or mouthpiece while a camera records where it reaches, revealing parts of the lungs that are not being aired properly. It is often paired with a blood-flow study when a clot in the lungs is suspected.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lung Ventilation Scan cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$174 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$1,413 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $1,413Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $141 to $316
$200$500$1Kfacility $1,413professional $214

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska 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.

Alabama· 2nd of 51

$603

AK $676FL $151

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.