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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Nervous System

Oregon 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?

$209

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $79.43 to $1,148.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,660Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $71 to $209
$100$1K$10K$100K$1Mfacility $1,175professional $79

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659,586.91
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 44th of 46

$209

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.