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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78630

A scan that follows the movement of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected into that fluid through a needle in the lower back, and images are taken over the following hours and days as it circulates upward and is absorbed. It reveals abnormal flow patterns or a leak.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow cost?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$288$191 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$1,413 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $1,413Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $33 to $380
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $1,413professional $288

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
3 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
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86

Where Alabama sits

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

Alabama· 42nd of 51

$316

AK $1,202KY $275

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.