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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Iowa 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $776 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$525$363 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$575 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,479Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $302 to $912
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $525

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$93.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$61.66
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$589

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.