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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Nervous System

Pennsylvania 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?

$398

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $38.02 to $1,288.

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 $98 · 10th to 90th $25 to $1,288Professionalmedian $64,565 · 10th to 90th $64,565 to $64,565
$100$1K$10Kfacility $98professional $64,565

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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$64,565.42
Typical High
$64,565.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 41st of 46

$398

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.