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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Missouri 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $871 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$380$331 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$468 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,738Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,047
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $380

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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$933.25
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
$134.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 29th of 51

$389

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.