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Nuclear Scan of Brain Fluid Flow

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$347$295 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$204 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $41 to $1,514Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $224 to $562
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $447professional $347

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
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$37.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,412.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$912.01
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
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
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th 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.