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Other Imaging Services - Positron Emission Tomography

California rates for RC 0404

Other Imaging Services - Positron Emission Tomography

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Other Imaging Services - Positron Emission Tomography cost?

$2,951

Typical facility fee. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,622 to $5,754.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $158 to $8,913
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,951

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
$4,570.88
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,120.11
Ambetter
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,943.28
HealthNet
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$22,387.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where California sits

The same service costs 144.5 times more in New Hampshire than in Montana. 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.

California· 21st of 43

$2,951

NH $7,943MT $54.95

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.