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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Maryland 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $282 to $347.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $33 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $309

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$346.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$34.67
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$57.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$912.01
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68
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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$309

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.