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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Nervous System

Idaho 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $851 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$30.20$30.20 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$617 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,413Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $30 to $8,511
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $30

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 18th of 46

$851

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.