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Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Infection Site (With CT)

Arizona rates for HCPCS 78832

A nuclear medicine imaging study in which a radioactive tracer that concentrates in tumors, inflamed tissue, or infected areas is tracked using a specialized camera that builds cross-sectional images, and this version is combined with a CT scan performed at the same time to pinpoint the exact location seen on the scan. It is used when doctors need to find or confirm the specific location of an abnormal area detected by other means.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan To Locate A Tumor Or Infection Site (With CT) cost?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $851 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,012
$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $977

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
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,786.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.5 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.

Arizona· 26th of 51

$977

WY $3,162FL $708

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.