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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Montana 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 October 2026.

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

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $251 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$166 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$91.20 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $85 to $389Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $91 to $309
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $251professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$537.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$213.80

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska 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.

Montana· 24th of 51

$240

AK $631FL $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.