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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Minnesota 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $851 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$603$490 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$309 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,188Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,047
$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $603

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
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$245.47
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$933.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$95.50
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$77.62

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$617

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.