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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Georgia 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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$813$692 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$955 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,950Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,549
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,230professional $813

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
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$813

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.