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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Kentucky 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$589$525 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$525 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,288Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,230
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $589

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$575

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.