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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Nervous System

New York 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 New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $891 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$64.57$50.12 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$776 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,202Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $50 to $1,995
$100$1K$10Kfacility $891professional $65

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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where New York 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.

New York· 20th 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.