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Procedure price report · Radioisotope scan and function studies

Leftover urine in the bladder measured with a tracer

CPT 78730the billing code this page is about

A nuclear medicine measurement of how much urine remains in the bladder after urinating, done with a radioactive tracer and a detector rather than imaging.

Hospitals typically charge $339 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 337 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $384. Most fall between $144 and $666 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
337
States
46
Filings dated
Jun 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 337 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
$62$188$339$647$1,023

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($62 vs $1,023).

How the prices are spread

$25 – $37: 10 hospitals$25$37 – $55: 0 hospitals$55 – $83: 14 hospitals$55$83 – $124: 19 hospitals$124 – $185: 23 hospitals$124$185 – $277: 43 hospitals$277 – $414: 71 hospitals$277$414 – $619: 49 hospitals$619 – $925: 55 hospitals$619$925 – $1,382: 22 hospitals$925median $339price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (306 of 337 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$25$3710
$37$550
$55$8314
$83$12419
$124$18523
$185$27743
$277$41471
$414$61949
$619$92555
$925$1,38222

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $339.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: median $348 across 19 hospitalsWA$348Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $320 across 21 hospitalsIL$320Wisconsin: median $754 across 10 hospitalsWI$754Michigan: median $196 across 13 hospitalsMI$196New York: median $204 across 14 hospitalsNY$204Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $20 across 18 hospitalsIA$20Indiana: median $285 across 17 hospitalsIN$285Ohio: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $666 across 34 hospitalsCA$666Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $1,144 across 13 hospitalsAZ$1,144New Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $110 across 11 hospitalsLA$110Mississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $337 across 41 hospitalsTX$337Florida: median $569 across 16 hospitalsFL$569
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $339. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ13$1,144+237%$140 – $1,144
Wisconsin WI10$754+122%$636 – $781
California CA34$666+96%$443 – $848
Florida FL16$569+68%$569 – $1,559
Washington WA19$348+3%$248 – $501
Texas TX41$337−1%$309 – $521
Illinois IL21$320−6%$58 – $440
Indiana IN17$285−16%$215 – $448
New York NY14$204−40%$33 – $450
Michigan MI13$196−42%$88 – $631
Louisiana LA11$110−68%$61 – $140
Iowa IA18$20−94%$19 – $496
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $339.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care275$347$144 – $666
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access55$337$144 – $754
Ownership
For-profit50$351$152 – $1,144
Government30$279$146 – $561
Non-profit257$339$140 – $666
System affiliation
Part of a system305$339$144 – $666
Independent32$276$146 – $647

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$515
Median cash price$339
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

241 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $370 and the average of the middle 60% is $424; most fall between $194 and $666.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 241 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
$88$220$370$666$923

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($88 vs $923).

Of the 306 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 241 gave a usable cash price; 55 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

337 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 436 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted337
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here72
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 — excluded27
Hospitals that filed this code436

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 Urinary Bladder Residual Study|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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Leftover urine in the bladder measured with a tracer (CPT 78730) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-78730-leftover-urine-in-the-bladder-measured-with-a-tracer