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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Kansas 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 Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $631 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$427$331 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$407 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,349Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $275 to $955
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $631professional $427

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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
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
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$275.42

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 23rd 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.