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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Inflammation

Wyoming 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?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,259 to $2,512.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $692 to $692Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,512
$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $1,622

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 3rd of 51

$1,622

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.