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Split Lung Blood Flow Measurement

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78597

A nuclear medicine study that measures what share of the blood reaching the lungs goes to each side. A tracer is given into a vein, a camera records where it lodges, and the result is reported as a percentage for each lung. Surgeons use it to judge how much lung function a person would keep if part of a lung had to be removed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Split Lung Blood Flow Measurement cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$115 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$1,413 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $1,413Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $35 to $229
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $1,413professional $158

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.6 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.

Alabama· 46th of 51

$191

AK $741FL $162

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.