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Lung Ventilation Scan

Oklahoma 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$170$141 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$251 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,380Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $31 to $437
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 42nd of 51

$182

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.