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Procedure price report · Radioisotope scan and function studies

Whole-body PET scan

CPT 78813the billing code this page is about

Positron emission tomography imaging of the entire body, from head to feet, without a combined CT scan.

Hospitals typically charge $4,396 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 613 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,280. Most fall between $1,785 and $7,289 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
613
States
46
Filings dated
Nov 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 613 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
$1,416$1,966$4,396$6,809$10,383

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,416 vs $10,383).

How the prices are spread

$439 – $615: 5 hospitals$439$615 – $863: 3 hospitals$863 – $1,210: 10 hospitals$863$1,210 – $1,698: 54 hospitals$1,698 – $2,382: 75 hospitals$1,698$2,382 – $3,340: 62 hospitals$3,340 – $4,686: 93 hospitals$3,340$4,686 – $6,572: 122 hospitals$6,572 – $9,219: 81 hospitals$6,572$9,219 – $12,931: 48 hospitals$9,219median $4,396price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (553 of 613 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$439$6155
$615$8633
$863$1,21010
$1,210$1,69854
$1,698$2,38275
$2,382$3,34062
$3,340$4,68693
$4,686$6,572122
$6,572$9,21981
$9,219$12,93148

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,461
Median cash price$4,396
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.0×

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 $4,396.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,996 across 12 hospitalsWA$3,996Idaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,800 across 10 hospitalsMN$1,800Illinois: median $4,934 across 12 hospitalsIL$4,934Wisconsin: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $1,966 across 13 hospitalsMI$1,966New York: median $1,730 across 34 hospitalsNY$1,730Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $3,128 across 15 hospitalsOR$3,128Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $245 across 13 hospitalsIA$245Indiana: median $2,593 across 15 hospitalsIN$2,593Ohio: median $4,316 across 28 hospitalsOH$4,316Pennsylvania: median $3,620 across 38 hospitalsPA$3,620New Jersey: median $1,616 across 21 hospitalsNJ$1,616Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,922 across 82 hospitalsCA$6,922Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $5,333 across 19 hospitalsCO$5,333Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $5,261 across 13 hospitalsMO$5,261Kentucky: median $5,391 across 12 hospitalsKY$5,391West Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $5,071 across 13 hospitalsVA$5,071Maryland: median $7,190 across 11 hospitalsMD$7,190Delaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $2,212 across 15 hospitalsTN$2,212North Carolina: median $3,427 across 12 hospitalsNC$3,427South Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $1,928 across 13 hospitalsLA$1,928Mississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $5,321 across 14 hospitalsGA$5,321Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,807 across 67 hospitalsTX$4,807Florida: median $7,330 across 41 hospitalsFL$7,330
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,396. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL41$7,330+67%$3,692 – $16,645
Maryland MD11$7,190+64%$3,498 – $10,383
California CA82$6,922+57%$4,506 – $12,177
Kentucky KY12$5,391+23%$2,969 – $5,391
Colorado CO19$5,333+21%$3,703 – $8,277
Georgia GA14$5,321+21%$1,322 – $9,266
Missouri MO13$5,261+20%$3,475 – $6,565
Virginia VA13$5,071+15%$5,071 – $5,426
Illinois IL12$4,934+12%$1,643 – $8,846
Texas TX67$4,807+9%$2,713 – $6,259
Ohio OH28$4,316−2%$2,180 – $6,843
Washington WA12$3,996−9%$2,981 – $7,200
Pennsylvania PA38$3,620−18%$1,689 – $7,380
North Carolina NC12$3,427−22%$3,127 – $5,426
Oregon OR15$3,128−29%$214 – $4,120
Indiana IN15$2,593−41%$2,236 – $3,668
Tennessee TN15$2,212−50%$1,938 – $2,595
Michigan MI13$1,966−55%$1,811 – $4,653
Louisiana LA13$1,928−56%$1,420 – $2,376
Minnesota MN10$1,800−59%$1,800 – $1,908
New York NY34$1,730−61%$1,726 – $6,309
New Jersey NJ21$1,616−63%$1,594 – $1,850
Iowa IA13$245−94%$245 – $245
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $4,396.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care547$4,236$1,730 – $7,236
Children’s32$6,565$4,335 – $8,693
Critical access34$4,064$1,776 – $4,966
Ownership
For-profit85$5,096$2,352 – $11,900
Government62$1,938$1,464 – $5,740
Non-profit466$4,547$1,857 – $6,922
System affiliation
Part of a system544$4,550$1,788 – $7,330
Independent69$3,934$1,755 – $7,166

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,424
Median cash price$4,396
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

407 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,934 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,818; most fall between $2,290 and $7,627.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 407 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
$1,623$2,713$4,934$6,922$10,532

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,623 vs $10,532).

Of the 475 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 407 gave a usable cash price; 51 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

613 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 713 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted613
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) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded21
Hospitals that filed this code713

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 Chg Nuc Unlisted Misc Procedure.

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 PET scan (CPT 78813) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-78813-whole-body-pet-scan