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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Pennsylvania 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $832 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$309$275 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$513 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,820Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $240 to $603
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $832professional $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
$323.59
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,011.87
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$812.83
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$81.28
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$63.10
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$31.62
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$724.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 41st of 51

$324

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.