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Whole Body Pet Scan

California rates for HCPCS 78813

A scan that maps how actively tissues are using a radioactive tracer given by injection, covering the body from head to feet. Areas of unusually high activity show up as bright spots, which can indicate cancer or other disease. This version is the tracer scan alone, without a computed tomography scan taken at the same time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Whole Body Pet Scan cost?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,698$1,047 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,239 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $16,596Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,918
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $1,698

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
$1,778.28
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,951.21
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$19,054.61
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,677.35
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$338.84
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$302.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,981.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$281.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,187.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,949.84
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,309.57
2 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
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where California sits

The same service costs 16.2 times more in Nebraska than in Washington. 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.

California· 22nd of 51

$1,778

NE $3,236WA $200

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.