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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Idaho 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $741 to $1,349.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,349
$500$1Kprofessional $1,000

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
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$3,388.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 13th of 51

$1,000

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.