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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Oklahoma 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$309$251 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$398 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,995Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $43 to $851
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,148professional $309

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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$724.44

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 37th of 51

$355

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.