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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

New Jersey 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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$794$676 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,148 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $759 to $11,749Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,455professional $794

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
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,454.40
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$28,840.32
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 31st of 51

$832

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.