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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 July 2026.

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

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $646.

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 $537 · 10th to 90th $447 to $794
$50$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $537

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
$54.95
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39,810.72
Median
$117,489.76
Typical High
$229,086.77
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$537

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.