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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Utah 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$204 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,738 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,169Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $93 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $575

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
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 48th of 51

$646

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.