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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Arizona rates for HCPCS 78708

A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected and a camera follows it through the kidneys to show their shape, their blood flow, and how well they clear fluid. In this version a medicine is also given during the study, either a water tablet or a blood-pressure drug, and the images before and after are compared to see how the kidneys respond. That response helps tell a true blockage from a roomy but unobstructed drainage system, or reveal a narrowed artery feeding a kidney.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $178 to $447.

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

Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,000
$200$500$1Kprofessional $200

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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.

Arizona· 26th of 51

$200

WY $692FL $145

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.