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32 procedures in this family have a price report — each priced by at least 100 hospitals in their published price files. The median shown is the outpatient cash price; a dash means the page reports a different setting.

Median cash prices in this family run from $473 to $5,084. The most widely priced is Nuclear scan to find active bleeding in the digestive tract, with a usable price at 2,738 hospitals.

Procedures, most widely priced first

Outpatient median cash price and the number of hospitals with a usable price.
Procedure	Code	Median cash price	Hospitals
Nuclear scan to find active bleeding in the digestive tractCPT 78278	CPT 78278	$1,104	2,738
Nuclear bowel scan to look for a Meckel's pouchCPT 78290	CPT 78290	$975	2,565
Nuclear medicine liver and spleen scan, images onlyCPT 78215	CPT 78215	$994	2,325
Nuclear medicine liver scan, images onlyCPT 78201	CPT 78201	$1,094	1,216
Nuclear heart scan for damaged muscle, flat imagesCPT 78466	CPT 78466	$841	955
Nuclear blood flow scan of vessels outside the heartCPT 78445	CPT 78445	$617	954
Heart PET scan of muscle metabolism, one studyCPT 78459	CPT 78459	$3,695	865
Nuclear brain scan, four or more viewsCPT 78605	CPT 78605	$859	706
Nuclear scan for blood clots in both legs' veinsCPT 78458	CPT 78458	$779	672
Heart metabolism PET scan with CT for correction, one studyCPT 78429	CPT 78429	$3,125	650
Nuclear medicine spleen scanCPT 78185	CPT 78185	$743	649
Heart PET scan with two tracers plus CT correctionCPT 78433	CPT 78433	$5,084	642
Salivary gland nuclear scan with repeated images over timeCPT 78231	CPT 78231	$692	634
PET heart blood flow scan with CT, single studyCPT 78430	CPT 78430	$2,959	609
Heart PET scan of blood flow, one studyCPT 78491	CPT 78491	$3,221	570
Nuclear scan of the salivary glandsCPT 78230	CPT 78230	$655	490
Nuclear vein imaging for blood clot, one leg or armCPT 78457	CPT 78457	$714	453
Nuclear brain scan, fewer than four viewsCPT 78600	CPT 78600	$575	421
Heart PET scan using two tracers, blood flow and metabolismCPT 78432	CPT 78432	$4,467	397
Whole blood volume measurementCPT 78122	CPT 78122	$725	355
Nuclear scan for a recent blood clot in the veinsCPT 78456	CPT 78456	$1,178	348
Scan for red blood cell breakdown in spleen or liverCPT 78140	CPT 78140	$591	329
Red blood cell volume measurement, multiple samplesCPT 78121	CPT 78121	$636	321
Nuclear scan for stomach lining tissue in the wrong placeCPT 78261	CPT 78261	$610	307
Plasma volume measurement, multiple blood samplesCPT 78111	CPT 78111	$1,545	291
Unlisted nuclear medicine study of the digestive systemCPT 78299	CPT 78299	$630	250
Red blood cell survival studyCPT 78130	CPT 78130	$550	241
Red blood cell volume measurement, single sampleCPT 78120	CPT 78120	$546	194
Platelet survival studyCPT 78191	CPT 78191	$500	171
Unlisted nuclear medicine procedure of the heart or vesselsCPT 78499	CPT 78499	$666	164
Plasma volume measurement, single blood sampleCPT 78110	CPT 78110	$1,537	142
Unlisted nuclear scan of blood, spleen or lymph systemCPT 78199	CPT 78199	$473	130

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