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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Connecticut 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $575.

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 $741 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,622Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $302 to $724
$500$1K$2Kfacility $741professional $427

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
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 22nd of 51

$427

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.