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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Oregon 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?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,549$977 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$166 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $138 to $3,090Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,950
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $1,549

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,995.26
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,168.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,754.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 13th of 51

$1,148

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.