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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Maryland 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $589 to $759.

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 $646 · 10th to 90th $575 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $646

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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 42nd of 51

$646

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.