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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Oklahoma 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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$661$525 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$1,202 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,399Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,778
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,479professional $661

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 39th of 51

$741

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.