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Procedure price report · Radioisotope scan and function studies

Nuclear SPECT scan with CT to find a tumor or infection

CPT 78832the billing code this page is about

Three-dimensional nuclear medicine imaging with a radioactive tracer combined with a CT scan taken at the same time for anatomical comparison, to locate a tumor, infection, or inflammation.

Hospitals typically charge $2,934 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,291 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,987. Most fall between $1,594 and $4,813 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,291
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 1,291 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
$1,083$1,763$2,934$4,475$6,626

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,083 vs $6,626).

How the prices are spread

$881 – $1,104: 74 hospitals$881$1,104 – $1,383: 67 hospitals$1,383 – $1,733: 113 hospitals$1,383$1,733 – $2,171: 119 hospitals$2,171 – $2,720: 136 hospitals$2,171$2,720 – $3,407: 241 hospitals$3,407 – $4,268: 130 hospitals$3,407$4,268 – $5,347: 136 hospitals$5,347 – $6,699: 83 hospitals$5,347$6,699 – $8,392: 64 hospitals$6,699median $2,934price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,163 of 1,291 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$881$1,10474
$1,104$1,38367
$1,383$1,733113
$1,733$2,171119
$2,171$2,720136
$2,720$3,407241
$3,407$4,268130
$4,268$5,347136
$5,347$6,69983
$6,699$8,39264

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,461
Median cash price$2,934
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.0×

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 $2,934.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,003 across 30 hospitalsWA$3,003Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,703 across 21 hospitalsMN$1,703Illinois: median $3,330 across 48 hospitalsIL$3,330Wisconsin: median $2,180 across 61 hospitalsWI$2,180Michigan: median $4,709 across 46 hospitalsMI$4,709New York: median $2,276 across 48 hospitalsNY$2,276Massachusetts: median $4,107 across 14 hospitalsMA$4,107Oregon: median $3,087 across 30 hospitalsOR$3,087Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,044 across 15 hospitalsIA$3,044Indiana: median $2,753 across 41 hospitalsIN$2,753Ohio: median $3,056 across 73 hospitalsOH$3,056Pennsylvania: median $3,636 across 65 hospitalsPA$3,636New Jersey: median $1,616 across 30 hospitalsNJ$1,616Connecticut: median $3,431 across 13 hospitalsCT$3,431Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,850 across 116 hospitalsCA$3,850Utah: median $2,161 across 27 hospitalsUT$2,161Colorado: median $4,283 across 36 hospitalsCO$4,283Nebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $3,075 across 28 hospitalsMO$3,075Kentucky: median $3,378 across 17 hospitalsKY$3,378West Virginia: median $3,105 across 11 hospitalsWV$3,105Virginia: median $2,790 across 37 hospitalsVA$2,790Maryland: median $4,904 across 28 hospitalsMD$4,904Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,535 across 24 hospitalsAZ$1,535New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $897 across 22 hospitalsTN$897North Carolina: median $1,628 across 35 hospitalsNC$1,628South Carolina: median $1,729 across 29 hospitalsSC$1,729Oklahoma: median $1,826 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,826Louisiana: median $1,746 across 13 hospitalsLA$1,746Mississippi: median $976 across 19 hospitalsMS$976Alabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,934 across 51 hospitalsGA$2,934Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,199 across 97 hospitalsTX$3,199Florida: median $2,829 across 71 hospitalsFL$2,829
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,934. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Maryland MD28$4,904+67%$3,436 – $5,948
Michigan MI46$4,709+60%$1,681 – $5,842
Colorado CO36$4,283+46%$2,472 – $7,493
Massachusetts MA14$4,107+40%$1,805 – $5,470
California CA116$3,850+31%$2,180 – $7,921
Pennsylvania PA65$3,636+24%$2,534 – $5,699
Connecticut CT13$3,431+17%$2,727 – $7,555
Kentucky KY17$3,378+15%$1,266 – $7,857
Illinois IL48$3,330+13%$1,627 – $4,221
Texas TX97$3,199+9%$2,513 – $5,573
West Virginia WV11$3,105+6%$3,018 – $3,564
Oregon OR30$3,087+5%$1,944 – $4,805
Missouri MO28$3,075+5%$2,092 – $4,329
Ohio OH73$3,056+4%$2,646 – $6,542
Iowa IA15$3,044+4%$2,200 – $3,205
Washington WA30$3,003+2%$2,521 – $3,864
Georgia GA51$2,9340%$1,102 – $4,393
Florida FL71$2,829−4%$1,574 – $4,709
Virginia VA37$2,790−5%$1,979 – $3,665
Indiana IN41$2,753−6%$1,335 – $3,883
New York NY48$2,276−22%$1,697 – $4,565
Wisconsin WI61$2,180−26%$1,057 – $5,032
Utah UT27$2,161−26%$1,901 – $2,237
Oklahoma OK14$1,826−38%$167 – $2,533
Louisiana LA13$1,746−40%$1,171 – $3,407
South Carolina SC29$1,729−41%$1,188 – $3,109
Minnesota MN21$1,703−42%$1,208 – $2,568
North Carolina NC35$1,628−45%$1,497 – $2,156
New Jersey NJ30$1,616−45%$1,083 – $3,048
Arizona AZ24$1,535−48%$1,031 – $3,966
Mississippi MS19$976−67%$203 – $1,255
Tennessee TN22$897−69%$582 – $1,622
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,934.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,144$2,934$1,614 – $4,813
Children’s30$4,052$1,948 – $7,918
Critical access110$2,545$1,057 – $4,221
Ownership
For-profit127$3,199$1,901 – $7,857
Government137$2,214$1,474 – $4,497
Non-profit1,020$2,934$1,616 – $4,726
System affiliation
Part of a system1,186$2,934$1,576 – $4,813
Independent105$2,899$1,715 – $4,728

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,095
Median cash price$2,934
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

1,003 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,056 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,115; most fall between $1,673 and $4,759.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,003 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
$1,121$1,901$3,056$4,626$6,318

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,121 vs $6,318).

Of the 1,086 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,003 gave a usable cash price; 49 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 34 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,291 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (33%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,410 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,291
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here81
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 — excluded38
Hospitals that filed this code1,410

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 CT 2area/Sep Acquisj Img|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, “Nuclear SPECT scan with CT to find a tumor or infection (CPT 78832) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-78832-nuclear-spect-scan-with-ct-to-find-a-tumor-or-infection