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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Montana 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?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$912$646 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$120 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,349Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $912

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
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,995.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 23rd of 51

$912

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.