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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Montana 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$437$309 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$51.29 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $47 to $646Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $50 to $562
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $437

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
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$549.54

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 19th of 51

$437

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.