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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Idaho 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$363 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$776 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,862Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $55 to $724
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,175professional $537

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$602.56
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 5th of 51

$631

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.