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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 July 2026.

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

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $479 to $832.

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 $741 · 10th to 90th $479 to $977
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $741

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
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Wyoming 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.

Arkansas· 26th of 51

$741

WY $2,512FL $537

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.