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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Nervous System

Connecticut 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?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $603 to $2,399.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,905Professionalmedian $54,954 · 10th to 90th $0 to $67,608
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,096professional $54,954

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54,954.09
Median
$54,954.09
Typical High
$69,183.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 5th of 46

$1,445

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.