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Procedure price report · Radioisotope scan and function studies

Whole-body nuclear tracer tumor scan over 2 or more days

CPT 78804the billing code this page is about

Flat (planar) imaging of the entire body after a radioactive tracer is given, with imaging sessions spread across two or more days.

Hospitals typically charge $2,386 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,013 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,570. Most fall between $1,310 and $4,538 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,013
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 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 2,013 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
$921$1,532$2,386$4,025$5,855

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($921 vs $5,855).

How the prices are spread

$641 – $822: 71 hospitals$641$822 – $1,055: 93 hospitals$1,055 – $1,354: 158 hospitals$1,055$1,354 – $1,738: 221 hospitals$1,738 – $2,231: 281 hospitals$1,738$2,231 – $2,863: 254 hospitals$2,863 – $3,675: 290 hospitals$2,863$3,675 – $4,716: 175 hospitals$4,716 – $6,053: 202 hospitals$4,716$6,053 – $7,769: 79 hospitals$6,053median $2,386price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,824 of 2,013 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$641$82271
$822$1,05593
$1,055$1,354158
$1,354$1,738221
$1,738$2,231281
$2,231$2,863254
$2,863$3,675290
$3,675$4,716175
$4,716$6,053202
$6,053$7,76979

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$555
Median cash price$2,386
Cash as a multiple of Medicare4.3×

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 $2,386.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,858 across 11 hospitalsME$1,858Vermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,230 across 45 hospitalsWA$2,230Idaho: median $3,571 across 14 hospitalsID$3,571Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,237 across 24 hospitalsMN$2,237Illinois: median $2,914 across 74 hospitalsIL$2,914Wisconsin: median $1,760 across 69 hospitalsWI$1,760Michigan: median $1,886 across 56 hospitalsMI$1,886New York: median $2,806 across 71 hospitalsNY$2,806Massachusetts: median $3,738 across 35 hospitalsMA$3,738Oregon: median $2,264 across 29 hospitalsOR$2,264Nevada: median $2,461 across 13 hospitalsNV$2,461Wyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $5,026 across 10 hospitalsSD$5,026Iowa: median $1,526 across 25 hospitalsIA$1,526Indiana: median $2,320 across 63 hospitalsIN$2,320Ohio: median $2,993 across 107 hospitalsOH$2,993Pennsylvania: median $2,285 across 82 hospitalsPA$2,285New Jersey: median $1,446 across 53 hospitalsNJ$1,446Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,162 across 175 hospitalsCA$3,162Utah: median $1,972 across 32 hospitalsUT$1,972Colorado: median $2,721 across 47 hospitalsCO$2,721Nebraska: median $1,744 across 18 hospitalsNE$1,744Missouri: median $1,750 across 43 hospitalsMO$1,750Kentucky: median $2,206 across 36 hospitalsKY$2,206West Virginia: median $2,877 across 18 hospitalsWV$2,877Virginia: median $2,290 across 45 hospitalsVA$2,290Maryland: median $3,117 across 36 hospitalsMD$3,117Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,042 across 38 hospitalsAZ$2,042New Mexico: median $2,515 across 11 hospitalsNM$2,515Kansas: median $1,552 across 19 hospitalsKS$1,552Arkansas: median $1,272 across 16 hospitalsAR$1,272Tennessee: median $1,415 across 57 hospitalsTN$1,415North Carolina: median $2,161 across 55 hospitalsNC$2,161South Carolina: median $3,014 across 33 hospitalsSC$3,014Oklahoma: median $1,859 across 27 hospitalsOK$1,859Louisiana: median $1,213 across 36 hospitalsLA$1,213Mississippi: median $1,263 across 31 hospitalsMS$1,263Alabama: median $1,853 across 27 hospitalsAL$1,853Georgia: median $1,243 across 68 hospitalsGA$1,243Hawaii: median $2,330 across 11 hospitalsHI$2,330Texas: median $3,357 across 167 hospitalsTX$3,357Florida: median $4,043 across 130 hospitalsFL$4,043
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,386. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD10$5,026+111%$3,712 – $5,026
Florida FL130$4,043+69%$2,246 – $7,319
Massachusetts MA35$3,738+57%$1,903 – $4,726
Idaho ID14$3,571+50%$1,972 – $4,271
Texas TX167$3,357+41%$1,717 – $5,330
California CA175$3,162+32%$1,535 – $5,555
Maryland MD36$3,117+31%$2,095 – $4,363
South Carolina SC33$3,014+26%$1,968 – $4,186
Ohio OH107$2,993+25%$2,005 – $4,431
Illinois IL74$2,914+22%$1,659 – $4,384
West Virginia WV18$2,877+21%$2,139 – $5,446
New York NY71$2,806+18%$1,545 – $4,825
Colorado CO47$2,721+14%$1,922 – $6,088
New Mexico NM11$2,515+5%$1,023 – $3,044
Nevada NV13$2,461+3%$590 – $7,808
Hawaii HI11$2,330−2%$1,611 – $3,396
Indiana IN63$2,320−3%$1,317 – $3,422
Virginia VA45$2,290−4%$1,399 – $3,398
Pennsylvania PA82$2,285−4%$826 – $4,747
Oregon OR29$2,264−5%$1,760 – $3,502
Minnesota MN24$2,237−6%$1,876 – $3,278
Washington WA45$2,230−7%$1,676 – $4,483
Kentucky KY36$2,206−8%$1,406 – $5,238
North Carolina NC55$2,161−9%$1,767 – $2,543
Arizona AZ38$2,042−14%$855 – $6,341
Utah UT32$1,972−17%$1,972 – $2,320
Michigan MI56$1,886−21%$906 – $3,772
Oklahoma OK27$1,859−22%$1,276 – $2,541
Maine ME11$1,858−22%$877 – $3,668
Alabama AL27$1,853−22%$1,222 – $2,996
Wisconsin WI69$1,760−26%$1,241 – $3,268
Missouri MO43$1,750−27%$1,225 – $2,775
Nebraska NE18$1,744−27%$1,246 – $2,748
Kansas KS19$1,552−35%$877 – $3,400
Iowa IA25$1,526−36%$996 – $2,728
New Jersey NJ53$1,446−39%$703 – $1,895
Tennessee TN57$1,415−41%$641 – $2,751
Arkansas AR16$1,272−47%$857 – $1,959
Mississippi MS31$1,263−47%$983 – $1,560
Georgia GA68$1,243−48%$1,130 – $3,157
Louisiana LA36$1,213−49%$759 – $2,517
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not 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 $2,386.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,768$2,443$1,322 – $4,570
Children’s39$3,541$1,414 – $5,876
Critical access198$2,109$1,241 – $3,668
Ownership
For-profit323$3,357$1,639 – $7,599
Government236$1,846$1,170 – $3,400
Non-profit1,446$2,348$1,303 – $4,271
System affiliation
Part of a system1,743$2,400$1,306 – $4,695
Independent270$2,296$1,338 – $3,869

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,485
Median cash price$2,386
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

1,489 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,487 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,618; most fall between $1,415 and $4,322.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,489 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
$1,017$1,631$2,487$3,826$5,570

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,017 vs $5,570).

Of the 1,636 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,489 gave a usable cash price; 83 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 64 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,013 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (51%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,214 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,013
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here125
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 — excluded76
Hospitals that filed this code2,214

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 Plnr Whole Body 2+ Days Imaging|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, “Whole-body nuclear tracer tumor scan over 2 or more days (CPT 78804) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-78804-whole-body-nuclear-tracer-tumor-scan-over-2-or-more-days