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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Iowa 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?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$1,230$794 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$1,202 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,631Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,138
$1K$2Kfacility $1,698professional $1,230

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
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$162.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$1,259

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.