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Procedure price report · Radioisotope scan and function studies

Nuclear tracer tumor scan with 3-D imaging of one area

CPT 78803the billing code this page is about

Cross-sectional (SPECT) imaging of a single body area after a radioactive tracer is given, to locate a tumor or tracer uptake.

Hospitals typically charge $1,749 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,638 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,880. Most fall between $948 and $3,279 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,638
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 2,638 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
$609$1,091$1,749$2,877$4,616

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($609 vs $4,616).

How the prices are spread

$432 – $561: 100 hospitals$432$561 – $729: 140 hospitals$729 – $947: 155 hospitals$729$947 – $1,230: 274 hospitals$1,230 – $1,598: 353 hospitals$1,230$1,598 – $2,076: 393 hospitals$2,076 – $2,697: 339 hospitals$2,076$2,697 – $3,505: 292 hospitals$3,505 – $4,553: 181 hospitals$3,505$4,553 – $5,915: 149 hospitals$4,553median $1,749price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,376 of 2,638 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$432$561100
$561$729140
$729$947155
$947$1,230274
$1,230$1,598353
$1,598$2,076393
$2,076$2,697339
$2,697$3,505292
$3,505$4,553181
$4,553$5,915149

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$555
Median cash price$1,749
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.2×

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 $1,749.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,502 across 21 hospitalsME$1,502Vermont: median $1,824 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,824New Hampshire: median $1,845 across 15 hospitalsNH$1,845Washington: median $1,549 across 54 hospitalsWA$1,549Idaho: median $2,180 across 14 hospitalsID$2,180Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $1,423 across 18 hospitalsND$1,423Minnesota: median $1,546 across 63 hospitalsMN$1,546Illinois: median $1,783 across 108 hospitalsIL$1,783Wisconsin: median $1,514 across 96 hospitalsWI$1,514Michigan: median $1,150 across 75 hospitalsMI$1,150New York: median $1,883 across 103 hospitalsNY$1,883Massachusetts: median $2,461 across 49 hospitalsMA$2,461Oregon: median $2,146 across 36 hospitalsOR$2,146Nevada: median $1,680 across 13 hospitalsNV$1,680Wyoming: median $1,343 across 10 hospitalsWY$1,343South Dakota: median $2,576 across 17 hospitalsSD$2,576Iowa: median $1,461 across 51 hospitalsIA$1,461Indiana: median $1,296 across 79 hospitalsIN$1,296Ohio: median $2,365 across 136 hospitalsOH$2,365Pennsylvania: median $2,314 across 109 hospitalsPA$2,314New Jersey: median $1,446 across 57 hospitalsNJ$1,446Connecticut: median $1,813 across 20 hospitalsCT$1,813Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,755 across 192 hospitalsCA$2,755Utah: median $2,317 across 36 hospitalsUT$2,317Colorado: median $2,488 across 50 hospitalsCO$2,488Nebraska: median $1,615 across 50 hospitalsNE$1,615Missouri: median $1,477 across 62 hospitalsMO$1,477Kentucky: median $1,284 across 47 hospitalsKY$1,284West Virginia: median $2,329 across 18 hospitalsWV$2,329Virginia: median $2,243 across 63 hospitalsVA$2,243Maryland: median $1,769 across 37 hospitalsMD$1,769Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,581 across 42 hospitalsAZ$1,581New Mexico: median $1,648 across 16 hospitalsNM$1,648Kansas: median $1,363 across 39 hospitalsKS$1,363Arkansas: median $713 across 23 hospitalsAR$713Tennessee: median $874 across 59 hospitalsTN$874North Carolina: median $1,433 across 75 hospitalsNC$1,433South Carolina: median $1,800 across 48 hospitalsSC$1,800Oklahoma: median $1,314 across 34 hospitalsOK$1,314Louisiana: median $947 across 44 hospitalsLA$947Mississippi: median $999 across 33 hospitalsMS$999Alabama: median $1,190 across 35 hospitalsAL$1,190Georgia: median $1,287 across 81 hospitalsGA$1,287Hawaii: median $1,894 across 14 hospitalsHI$1,894Texas: median $2,193 across 196 hospitalsTX$2,193Florida: median $3,330 across 160 hospitalsFL$3,330
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,749. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL160$3,330+90%$1,348 – $7,144
California CA192$2,755+58%$1,144 – $4,448
South Dakota SD17$2,576+47%$2,216 – $3,111
Colorado CO50$2,488+42%$1,386 – $3,939
Massachusetts MA49$2,461+41%$1,345 – $4,053
Ohio OH136$2,365+35%$1,447 – $2,818
West Virginia WV18$2,329+33%$1,037 – $3,197
Utah UT36$2,317+32%$1,969 – $2,730
Pennsylvania PA109$2,314+32%$763 – $3,907
Virginia VA63$2,243+28%$1,366 – $3,398
Texas TX196$2,193+25%$1,373 – $4,040
Idaho ID14$2,180+25%$1,573 – $4,271
Oregon OR36$2,146+23%$1,403 – $3,442
Hawaii HI14$1,894+8%$1,442 – $3,311
New York NY103$1,883+8%$1,211 – $3,471
New Hampshire NH15$1,845+5%$1,342 – $3,576
Vermont VT10$1,824+4%$776 – $2,482
Connecticut CT20$1,813+4%$825 – $3,079
South Carolina SC48$1,800+3%$1,048 – $3,196
Illinois IL108$1,783+2%$1,112 – $3,164
Maryland MD37$1,769+1%$1,187 – $2,472
Nevada NV13$1,680−4%$590 – $4,304
New Mexico NM16$1,648−6%$1,023 – $1,993
Nebraska NE50$1,615−8%$1,045 – $2,324
Arizona AZ42$1,581−10%$577 – $3,826
Washington WA54$1,549−11%$1,176 – $2,765
Minnesota MN63$1,546−12%$431 – $2,039
Wisconsin WI96$1,514−13%$655 – $2,407
Maine ME21$1,502−14%$733 – $2,153
Missouri MO62$1,477−16%$1,028 – $2,349
Iowa IA51$1,461−16%$906 – $2,062
New Jersey NJ57$1,446−17%$649 – $1,982
North Carolina NC75$1,433−18%$1,206 – $2,050
North Dakota ND18$1,423−19%$879 – $2,329
Kansas KS39$1,363−22%$679 – $4,226
Wyoming WY10$1,343−23%$1,000 – $2,838
Oklahoma OK34$1,314−25%$880 – $2,346
Indiana IN79$1,296−26%$470 – $2,495
Georgia GA81$1,287−26%$1,006 – $2,858
Kentucky KY47$1,284−27%$785 – $5,242
Alabama AL35$1,190−32%$580 – $2,707
Michigan MI75$1,150−34%$571 – $2,323
Mississippi MS33$999−43%$623 – $1,309
Louisiana LA44$947−46%$467 – $1,797
Tennessee TN59$874−50%$489 – $2,496
Arkansas AR23$713−59%$523 – $1,593
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not 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 $1,749.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,133$1,795$978 – $3,514
Children’s59$2,391$1,373 – $3,229
Critical access436$1,575$759 – $2,495
Ownership
For-profit385$2,666$1,067 – $5,915
Government364$1,426$776 – $2,400
Non-profit1,879$1,749$962 – $3,034
System affiliation
Part of a system2,237$1,795$986 – $3,382
Independent401$1,500$819 – $2,718

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,138
Median cash price$1,749
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

1,857 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,837 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,958; most fall between $1,048 and $3,234.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,857 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
$700$1,187$1,837$2,915$4,226

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($700 vs $4,226).

Of the 2,050 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,857 gave a usable cash price; 108 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 85 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,638 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (67%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,913 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,638
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here180
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded94
Hospitals that filed this code2,913

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 Rp Loclzj Tum Spect 1 Area/Acquisj 1 Day Img|TECHNICAL 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, “Nuclear tracer tumor scan with 3-D imaging of one area (CPT 78803) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-78803-nuclear-tracer-tumor-scan-with-3-d-imaging-of-one-area