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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Massachusetts 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $1,380.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,738
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $776

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
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,584.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$524.81
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,187.76
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$524.81
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$776

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.