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Whole Body Scan For Infection Or Inflammation

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 78806

A nuclear medicine scan covering the whole body to find where infection or inflammation is sitting. A tracer that gathers at inflamed sites is given into a vein, and a camera then sweeps from head to toe to see where it has collected. It is used when someone has fever or abnormal blood results and the source cannot be found.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Whole Body Scan For Infection Or Inflammation cost?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$490 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$912 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,692Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $617

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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,570.40
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$309.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$117.49
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 56.2 times more in Texas than in Idaho. 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.

Minnesota· 19th of 36

$617

TX $1,698ID $30.20

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.