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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Illinois 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$794$191 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,660 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $5,888Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,380
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $794

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
$630.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$426.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 29th of 51

$851

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.