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3D Nuclear Scan For Tumor Or Infection

Rhode Island 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $501 to $513.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $468 to $832
$500$1Kprofessional $501

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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$501

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.