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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$331$269 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$1,122 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,548Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $66 to $537
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,585professional $331

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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
3 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
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$223.87

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 36th 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.