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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

South Carolina 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$617$468 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,862 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $4,169Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $617

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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 46th of 51

$661

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.