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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Nervous System

California rates for HCPCS 78699

Covers a nuclear medicine study of the brain, spinal cord, or the fluid spaces around them when the study performed has no standard named entry of its own. A small amount of a radioactive tracer is given, and a special camera records where in the body it collects. The performing team describes in a written report exactly what was done.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Nervous System cost?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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 7 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$398$50.12 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$537 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $58 to $2,239Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $50 to $1,698
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $398

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
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,884.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,884.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where California sits

The same service costs 1778.3 times more in Kentucky than in Nevada. 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.

California· 6th of 46

$1,259

KY $75,858NV $42.66

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.