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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Indiana 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $832 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$275$224 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$372 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,660Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $200 to $513
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$549.54
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$57.54
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
2 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
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$61.66

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 49th of 51

$282

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.