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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Florida 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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$263$214 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$447 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,122Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $51 to $525
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $263

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
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$691.83
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$457.09
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$31.62
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
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
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$275

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.