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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Arkansas 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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$776$661 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$1,318 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $1,820Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,047
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,318professional $776

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
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 30th of 51

$851

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.