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Unlisted Nuclear Scan of the Nervous System

Virginia 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?

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,413 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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 6 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$7,413$759 to $10,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$871 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $562 to $10,965Professionalmedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $589 to $10,965
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $7,413

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 4th of 46

$3,020

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.