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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Nervous System

Rhode Island 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?

$794

Typical facility fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $617 to $933.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,072
$500$1Kfacility $794

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 25th of 46

$794

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.