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Lung Blood Flow And Airflow Comparison Scan

Virginia rates for HCPCS 78598

A nuclear medicine lung scan that measures and compares how much blood flow and airflow each lung is receiving, using a small amount of radioactive tracer and a special camera. It is often used before lung surgery to help estimate how much breathing function each lung individually contributes.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lung Blood Flow And Airflow Comparison Scan cost?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$316$269 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$191 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $47 to $1,259Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $219 to $513
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $355professional $316

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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$691.83
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
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
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$223.87

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$316

AK $1,096TX $251

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.