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Whole-Body Nuclear Scan Over Two or More Days

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 78804

A nuclear medicine scan in which a radioactive tracer is injected and the whole body is imaged, with pictures taken across two or more days rather than in one session. The extra time lets the tracer clear from normal tissue so abnormal collections stand out. It is used to search the whole body for a tumor or a hidden site of infection.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Whole-Body Nuclear Scan Over Two or More Days cost?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$708$417 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$1,023 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,951Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $324 to $813
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,349professional $708

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
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$537.03
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$759

AK $1,950KY $447

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.