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Procedure price report · Radioisotope scan and function studies

Adrenal gland scan with radioactive tracer

CPT 78075the billing code this page is about

Nuclear medicine imaging of the adrenal glands, covering the outer cortex and/or the inner medulla, after a radioactive tracer is given.

Hospitals typically charge $1,823 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 734 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,027. Most fall between $956 and $3,779 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
734
States
48
Filings dated
Sep 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 734 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$680$1,155$1,823$3,293$4,865

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($680 vs $4,865).

How the prices are spread

$357 – $476: 15 hospitals$357$476 – $633: 18 hospitals$633 – $843: 45 hospitals$633$843 – $1,122: 65 hospitals$1,122 – $1,494: 116 hospitals$1,122$1,494 – $1,988: 116 hospitals$1,988 – $2,647: 66 hospitals$1,988$2,647 – $3,523: 89 hospitals$3,523 – $4,690: 90 hospitals$3,523$4,690 – $6,243: 45 hospitals$4,690median $1,823price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (665 of 734 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$357$47615
$476$63318
$633$84345
$843$1,12265
$1,122$1,494116
$1,494$1,988116
$1,988$2,64766
$2,647$3,52389
$3,523$4,69090
$4,690$6,24345

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,323
Median cash price$1,823
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.38×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,823.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,567 across 16 hospitalsWA$2,567Idaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,040 across 29 hospitalsIL$2,040Wisconsin: median $1,467 across 22 hospitalsWI$1,467Michigan: median $1,780 across 16 hospitalsMI$1,780New York: median $1,545 across 33 hospitalsNY$1,545Massachusetts: median $4,520 across 13 hospitalsMA$4,520Oregon: median $2,839 across 10 hospitalsOR$2,839Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $100 across 16 hospitalsIA$100Indiana: median $1,747 across 18 hospitalsIN$1,747Ohio: median $1,869 across 37 hospitalsOH$1,869Pennsylvania: median $2,581 across 33 hospitalsPA$2,581New Jersey: median $1,446 across 19 hospitalsNJ$1,446Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,928 across 87 hospitalsCA$2,928Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,888 across 22 hospitalsCO$1,888Nebraska: median $1,204 across 10 hospitalsNE$1,204Missouri: median $1,286 across 14 hospitalsMO$1,286Kentucky: median $7,925 across 14 hospitalsKY$7,925West Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,286 across 20 hospitalsVA$1,286Maryland: median $2,473 across 15 hospitalsMD$2,473Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,117 across 24 hospitalsAZ$3,117New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,000 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,000Louisiana: median $673 across 14 hospitalsLA$673Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,155 across 53 hospitalsGA$1,155Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,338 across 72 hospitalsTX$1,338Florida: median $3,240 across 31 hospitalsFL$3,240
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,823. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY14$7,925+335%$1,026 – $7,925
Massachusetts MA13$4,520+148%$1,960 – $4,865
Florida FL31$3,240+78%$1,215 – $7,319
Arizona AZ24$3,117+71%$605 – $3,230
California CA87$2,928+61%$1,531 – $4,301
Oregon OR10$2,839+56%$2,839 – $2,949
Pennsylvania PA33$2,581+42%$1,461 – $5,261
Washington WA16$2,567+41%$1,952 – $3,084
Maryland MD15$2,473+36%$1,286 – $3,658
Illinois IL29$2,040+12%$399 – $3,779
Colorado CO22$1,888+4%$944 – $1,954
Ohio OH37$1,869+3%$1,639 – $2,488
Michigan MI16$1,780−2%$979 – $2,751
Indiana IN18$1,747−4%$1,363 – $3,325
New York NY33$1,545−15%$1,323 – $3,159
Wisconsin WI22$1,467−20%$1,202 – $1,823
New Jersey NJ19$1,446−21%$357 – $1,713
Texas TX72$1,338−27%$949 – $4,684
Missouri MO14$1,286−29%$963 – $2,640
Virginia VA20$1,286−29%$1,262 – $2,194
Nebraska NE10$1,204−34%$858 – $2,250
Georgia GA53$1,155−37%$710 – $3,694
Oklahoma OK14$1,000−45%$680 – $2,489
Louisiana LA14$673−63%$460 – $2,342
Iowa IA16$100−95%$100 – $1,312
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,823.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care651$1,839$985 – $3,799
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access64$1,407$682 – $3,230
Ownership
For-profit102$2,081$933 – $4,980
Government90$1,390$710 – $2,067
Non-profit538$1,890$1,069 – $3,779
System affiliation
Part of a system648$1,860$963 – $4,243
Independent86$1,676$942 – $3,324

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,428
Median cash price$1,823
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

547 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,869 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,018; most fall between $949 and $3,694.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 547 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$692$1,140$1,869$3,237$4,584

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($692 vs $4,584).

Of the 617 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 547 gave a usable cash price; 37 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 33 a list price only.

How complete is this

734 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 851 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted734
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here78
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded39
Hospitals that filed this code851

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Radioisotope scan and function studies family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Adrenal Imaging Cortex &/Medulla|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Adrenal gland scan with radioactive tracer (CPT 78075) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-78075-adrenal-gland-scan-with-radioactive-tracer