go back

Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Arizona 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$759$646 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,122 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,548Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $631 to $4,365
$1K$2Kfacility $2,239professional $759

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
$831.76
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 19th of 51

$1,000

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.