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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Washington, DC 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $646 to $891.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,549
$1K$2Kprofessional $646

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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,630.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 43rd of 51

$646

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.