go back

Lung Ventilation Scan

Maryland 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $151 to $195.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $23 to $269
$20$50$100$200$500professional $170

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$151.36
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$194.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$501.19
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47
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
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$170

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.