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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Florida 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$550$447 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$955 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $550 to $2,512Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $550

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
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$114.82
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$562

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.