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Nuclear Medicine Study For Urine Backflow

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 78740

This is a nuclear medicine imaging study that checks whether urine is flowing backward from the bladder up toward the kidneys, a condition called reflux. A small amount of radioactive tracer is placed in the bladder, and a special camera tracks its movement to see if any flows in the wrong direction. It's often used in children with recurrent urinary tract infections to check for this underlying cause.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Medicine Study For Urine Backflow cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 5 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$200$200 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$200 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,042Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $200 to $550
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $200professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$776.25

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 4.1 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.

Washington, DC· 44th of 51

$200

AK $661FL $162

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.