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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 July 2026.

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

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $550 to $933.

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 $708 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $708

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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,168.69
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$708

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.