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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Mississippi 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$851$562 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$2,399 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $2,630Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,202
$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,399professional $851

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 27th of 51

$871

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.