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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Oregon 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$676$479 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$64.57 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $56 to $955Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $331 to $912
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $676

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 10th of 51

$550

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.