Stomach Emptying Scan (Nuclear Medicine) cost at US hospitals

Nuclear medicine gastric emptying study · CPT 78264

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Stomach Emptying Scan (Nuclear Medicine)

In a gastric emptying study you eat a bland meal — usually eggs — mixed with a small amount of radioactive material, and a camera photographs your abdomen at intervals to measure how much of it is still in your stomach. It is the standard way to find out whether a stomach is emptying too slowly. Expect to be at the department for about four hours.

$67.52

lowest cash price

$1,345.40

national median

$13,266.33

highest cash price

901

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $67.52–$13,266.33 — the variation is the story.

Cheapest published cash price

$67.52

Banner Page Hospital — Page, AZ

Most expensive published cash price

$13,266.33

HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD — HUMBLE, TX

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($1,936.85) → Sep 1, 2026 ($3,919.00)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 2 $1,307.04 $1,307.04 $2,712.06
Arizona 20 $67.52 $539.85 $2,617.04
Arkansas 6 $478.04 $584.41 $1,734.00
California 87 $253.81 $1,684.80 $4,713.95
Colorado 17 $854.90 $3,729.61 $9,735.35
Florida 81 $815.60 $4,455.65 $12,469.30
Georgia 25 $898.66 $982.80 $5,993.72
Hawaii 2 $576.64 $576.64 $1,056.00
Illinois 50 $433.75 $1,470.00 $2,943.60
Indiana 26 $922.62 $1,383.50 $6,289.43
Iowa 24 $819.60 $1,293.11 $1,905.00
Kansas 11 $1,112.80 $3,410.28 $3,410.28
Kentucky 22 $991.11 $1,569.00 $6,289.43
Louisiana 2 $418.08 $418.08 $418.08
Maine 7 $1,686.40 $2,043.10 $3,165.05
Maryland 2 $318.60 $318.60 $318.60
Michigan 27 $297.36 $828.00 $1,972.00
Minnesota 19 $1,236.00 $1,775.20 $2,329.21
Mississippi 10 $290.84 $528.80 $682.50
Missouri 20 $812.90 $1,035.10 $1,945.45
Montana 2 $1,213.60 $1,213.60 $1,213.60
Nebraska 13 $291.18 $1,189.50 $2,243.15
Nevada 3 $806.47 $893.02 $1,038.42
New Hampshire 1 $2,713.45 $2,713.45 $2,713.45
New Jersey 22 $324.56 $473.22 $1,007.50
New Mexico 1 not published by hospital not published by hospital not published by hospital
New York 22 $475.51 $475.51 $3,786.00
North Carolina 15 $650.50 $1,331.43 $2,242.00
North Dakota 2 $1,665.60 $1,665.60 $2,047.20
Ohio 67 $445.38 $1,431.75 $3,670.80
Oklahoma 14 $557.68 $1,448.15 $2,741.70
Oregon 12 $137.70 $1,763.25 $2,263.50
Pennsylvania 31 $424.50 $1,228.80 $2,901.00
South Carolina 11 $686.00 $1,420.00 $5,293.00
South Dakota 7 $1,629.60 $1,813.60 $2,326.40
Tennessee 37 $270.76 $452.25 $5,669.64
Texas 115 $374.85 $1,540.23 $13,266.33
Virginia 42 $443.90 $1,364.00 $9,017.00
Washington 31 $529.88 $1,200.00 $3,955.70
West Virginia 17 $383.00 $851.20 $1,718.00
Wisconsin 32 $396.00 $1,290.00 $3,039.55
Wyoming 4 $956.34 $1,363.98 $1,570.19

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
marymount hospital Garfield Heights, OH $1,802.45 $0.87 – $2,495.70
medina hospital Medina, OH $1,802.45 $0.87 – $2,495.70
south pointe hospital Warrensville Heights, OH $1,802.45 $0.87 – $2,495.70
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria, CA $1,811.30 $424.11 – $3,607.38
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen, SD $1,813.60 $381.74 – $2,040.30
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh, PA $1,825.20 $148.49 – $522.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro, PA $1,826.40 $126.72 – $497.77
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby, MN $1,829.60 $421.92 – $2,058.30
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News, VA $1,840.80 not published
Maryview Hospital Portsmouth, VA $1,840.80 not published
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake, SD $1,841.60 $1,180.93 – $2,071.80
Sunnyside Medical Center CLACKAMAS, OR $1,852.15 $666.00 – $666.00
Westside Medical Center HILLSBORO, OR $1,852.15 $666.00 – $666.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne, MN $1,857.60 $421.92 – $2,089.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas, TX $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco, TX $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth, TX $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine, TX $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving, TX $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett, TX $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney, TX $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco, TX $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO Plano, TX $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - DENTON Denton, TX $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney, TX $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie, TX $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie, TX $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL $1,862.00 not published
Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL $1,862.00 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf, IA $1,863.47 $34.12 – $913.10
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine Muscatine, IA $1,863.47 $34.12 – $955.03
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island, IL $1,863.47 $34.12 – $1,027.23
OSF Saint James John W Albrecht Medical Center Pontiac, IL $1,870.40 $428.40 – $436.97
Ascension St. Vincent Clay (St. Vincent Clay Hospital, Inc.) Brazil, IN $1,872.60 $28.22 – $624.75
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster, SD $1,882.40 $738.84 – $2,117.70
Ascension St. Vincent Carmel Ambulatory Surgery Center Carmel, IN $1,897.80 $28.22 – $624.75
Ascension St. Vincent Naab Surgery Center Indianapolis, IN $1,897.80 $28.22 – $624.75
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson (St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital, Inc.) Anderson, IN $1,897.80 $28.22 – $624.75
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers (St. Vincent Fishers Hospital, Inc.) Fishers, IN $1,897.80 $28.22 – $624.75
Ascension St. Vincent Carmel (St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc.) Carmel, IN $1,897.80 $28.22 – $624.75
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook, MN $1,900.00 $421.92 – $2,137.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy, MN $1,900.00 $421.92 – $2,137.50
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville, IA $1,905.00 $522.73 – $1,905.00
HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital Mattoon, IL $1,908.72 $334.42 – $2,651.00
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Midwest Midwest City, OK $1,918.81 $310.00 – $822.80
CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont Beaumont, TX $1,934.79 $201.24 – $1,060.98
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac, WI $1,936.00 $296.56 – $763.16
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun, WI $1,936.00 $1,030.60 – $1,030.60
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon, WI $1,936.00 $1,030.60 – $1,030.60
Lincoln Health Damariscotta, ME $1,936.85 $36.65 – $1,758.66

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