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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Nervous System

Indiana 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?

$1,230

Typical facility fee. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $871 to $1,622.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,622Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1,175
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,230professional $0

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
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74,131.02
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$74,131.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$812.83

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 8th of 46

$1,230

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.