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Lung Ventilation Scan

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $891 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$155 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$562 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,349Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $141 to $275
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $891professional $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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$154.88
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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 36th 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.