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Lung Ventilation Scan

Georgia 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$204$182 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$240 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $170 to $525Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $151 to $398
$100$200$500facility $302professional $204

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
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$933.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
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
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$219

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.