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Lung Ventilation Scan

Arkansas 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$219$182 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$355 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $355 to $490Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $170 to $309
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $219

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
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 13th of 51

$282

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.