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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Michigan 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$355$316 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$437 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,072Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $275 to $457
$200$500$1Kfacility $646professional $355

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
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
4 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
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 35th of 51

$363

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.