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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 July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation cost?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,000 to $1,698.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,188
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $1,479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,584.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$194.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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· 3rd of 51

$1,479

WY $2,512FL $537

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.