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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Nervous System

Minnesota 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?

$1,047

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $1,479.

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 $1,047 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,884
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,047

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 10th of 46

$1,047

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.