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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Minnesota 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?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $977 to $1,738.

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 $1,318 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,291
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $1,318

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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$1,318

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.