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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Colorado 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $646 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,259
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $676

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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 36th of 51

$676

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.