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Nuclear Scan Of Tear Drainage

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 78660

An imaging test that follows the path tears take as they leave the eye. A drop containing a tiny amount of radioactive tracer is put in the eye and a scanning camera tracks it, showing whether tears drain freely toward the nose or are held up along the way.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan Of Tear Drainage cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $138 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$138 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$138 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $138 to $2,042Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $138 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $138professional $138

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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.

Washington, DC· 49th of 51

$138

WY $525FL $129

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.