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Brain Fluid Flow Scan Of The Ventricles

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 78635

A nuclear medicine study of how fluid moves through and out of the fluid-filled chambers deep inside the brain. Once a tracer has been placed into those chambers, images are taken over a period of hours to see whether the fluid drains along its normal path or is held up. The placement of the tracer is billed separately from the imaging itself.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brain Fluid Flow Scan Of The Ventricles cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $550.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $363 to $603
$50$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $490

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Alaska than in Indiana. 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.

Hawaii· 16th of 51

$490

AK $1,202IN $245

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.