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Brain Nuclear Scan, Limited Views

Ohio rates for HCPCS 78600

A nuclear scan of the brain in which a tracer is injected into a vein and a limited set of still pictures of the head is taken once it has distributed. It shows areas where the tracer gathers abnormally. It does not include the rapid sequence of images that captures the tracer arriving through the blood vessels.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brain Nuclear Scan, Limited Views cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$170$151 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$501 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,349Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $129 to $309
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $891professional $170

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
$154.88
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$426.58
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05
6 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$524.81

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 4.7 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.

Ohio· 42nd of 51

$178

AK $676TX $145

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.