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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Ohio 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 Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$302$224 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$891 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,862Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $209 to $562
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,096professional $302

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
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$794.33
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$831.76
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$85.11
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$724.44
6 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
$162.18
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$891.25

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 45th 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.