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Brain Fluid Flow Scan Of The Ventricles

Utah 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$288$214 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$447 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,660Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $45 to $550
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,047professional $288

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,778.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 46th of 51

$302

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.