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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Tennessee 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $282 to $871.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,023Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,089
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $437

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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$812.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,570.40
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$691.83
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
$134.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 11th of 51

$513

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.