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Split Lung Blood Flow Measurement

Arizona 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$209$186 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$302 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $162 to $977Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,230
$200$500$1Kfacility $646professional $209

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
$223.87
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 27th of 51

$257

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.