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3D Nuclear Scan For Tumor Or Infection

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78830

This nuclear medicine scan uses a radioactive tracer that concentrates in areas of tumor, infection, or inflammation, then captures three-dimensional images with a rotating camera, often combined with a CT scan for precise anatomical detail. It helps pinpoint the exact location of abnormal tissue that a standard flat image might not clearly localize.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does 3D Nuclear Scan For Tumor Or Infection cost?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $537.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $380 to $631
$500$1Kprofessional $537

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.3 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.

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$537

AK $1,288FL $389

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.