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Unlisted Nuclear Medicine Study of the Lungs

Colorado rates for HCPCS 78599

Covers a nuclear medicine study of the lungs that has no standard named study of its own. A small amount of radioactive tracer is breathed in or injected, and a special camera records where it goes to show airflow or blood flow in the lungs. The report describes exactly what was performed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Nuclear Medicine Study of the Lungs cost?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $398 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$60.26 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$123 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,738Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $60 to $5,012
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $398professional $120

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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,621.81
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 60.3 times more in New Hampshire than in Alaska. 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.

Colorado· 44th of 46

$162

NH $3,631AK $60.26

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.