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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 October 2026.

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

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,175$575 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,096 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $575 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,514
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $1,175

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,011.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 9th of 51

$1,288

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.