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Split Lung Blood Flow Measurement

Tennessee 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $174 to $427.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $316 to $562Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,230
$200$500$1Kfacility $417professional $257

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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$446.68
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$288

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.