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Lung Ventilation Scan

Arizona 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$166 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$302 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $158 to $955Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,148
$200$500$1Kfacility $617professional $195

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
$218.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$309.03
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 28th of 51

$234

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.