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Split Lung Blood Flow Measurement

Oklahoma 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$186$151 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$275 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,995Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $46 to $417
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $186

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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 36th of 51

$224

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.