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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Louisiana 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$363$245 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$347 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,072Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $174 to $427
$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $363

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
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 31st of 51

$372

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.