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Lung Ventilation Scan

Michigan 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $363 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$200$178 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$251 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $240 to $617Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $138 to $275
$200$500$1Kfacility $363professional $200

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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$398.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 37th of 51

$209

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.