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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 October 2026.

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

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $646 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 $708 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,122
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $708

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,905.46
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 42nd of 51

$708

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.