go back

Split Lung Blood Flow Measurement

South Carolina 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 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$224$170 to $269
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 $224 · 10th to 90th $66 to $363
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $891professional $224

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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
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
$467.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
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
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
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
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$234

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.