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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78831

A radioactive tracer that gathers at abnormal tissue is given, and a camera then rotates around the body to build cross-sectional images showing exactly where it has collected. The pictures show the location and extent of a tumor or an area of inflammation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation cost?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$794$661 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$1,413 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $1,413Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,122
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,413professional $794

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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· 5th of 51

$1,413

AK $2,630TX $525

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.