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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 July 2026.

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

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $617 to $871.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,514
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $813

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
$70.79
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$213.80
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 18th of 51

$813

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.