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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Kansas 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?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $617 to $1,000.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,000
$1K$2Kprofessional $724

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
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 31st of 51

$724

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.