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Split Lung Blood Flow Measurement

Kansas 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $457 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$269$204 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$389 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $275 to $977Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $195 to $457
$200$500$1Kfacility $457professional $269

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
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
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 14th of 51

$295

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.