Three-Phase Bone Scan (Nuclear Medicine) cost at US hospitals

Nuclear medicine bone and joint imaging, three-phase study · CPT 78315

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Three-Phase Bone Scan (Nuclear Medicine)

A three-phase bone scan images the same area three times after one injection of radioactive tracer: during the injection, right after it, and again several hours later. The three time points separate blood flow from bone activity, which is how an infection or a loosened joint replacement is told apart from ordinary bone remodeling.

$87.77

lowest cash price

$1,703.45

national median

$15,778.10

highest cash price

905

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $87.77–$15,778.10 — the variation is the story.

Cheapest published cash price

$87.77

Banner Page Hospital — Page, AZ

Most expensive published cash price

$15,778.10

HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL — TAMPA, FL

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($1,967.90) → Sep 1, 2026 ($5,214.14)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 2 $1,336.44 $1,336.44 $3,450.72
Arizona 19 $87.77 $993.84 $4,165.59
Arkansas 6 $359.70 $666.26 $2,669.00
California 88 $384.03 $2,132.00 $5,567.76
Colorado 17 $1,103.65 $5,650.46 $13,489.50
Florida 79 $1,200.80 $5,128.19 $15,778.10
Georgia 25 $1,099.02 $1,454.84 $6,502.97
Hawaii 2 $612.80 $612.80 $1,056.00
Illinois 50 $433.75 $1,710.00 $3,196.00
Indiana 26 $448.00 $1,761.60 $5,214.14
Iowa 24 $560.95 $1,422.72 $2,233.00
Kansas 11 $985.60 $5,706.31 $10,429.53
Kentucky 22 $888.72 $1,780.61 $6,618.20
Louisiana 2 $489.32 $489.32 $489.32
Maine 7 $1,807.70 $2,186.50 $3,836.80
Maryland 2 $318.60 $318.60 $318.60
Michigan 27 $537.04 $1,092.00 $2,393.00
Minnesota 19 $744.00 $1,506.40 $2,329.60
Mississippi 10 $316.80 $574.20 $682.50
Missouri 20 $845.90 $1,124.64 $4,910.41
Montana 2 $1,796.80 $1,796.80 $1,796.80
Nebraska 13 $306.36 $1,359.00 $2,519.40
Nevada 3 $1,340.82 $1,400.36 $1,550.64
New Hampshire 1 $3,137.35 $3,137.35 $3,137.35
New Jersey 21 $433.69 $528.93 $669.83
New Mexico 1 not published by hospital not published by hospital not published by hospital
New York 23 $475.51 $475.51 $4,811.00
North Carolina 15 $958.00 $1,393.93 $2,892.00
North Dakota 2 $1,470.40 $1,470.40 $1,572.00
Ohio 67 $978.00 $1,868.10 $3,157.20
Oklahoma 14 $591.91 $1,565.30 $2,527.00
Oregon 12 $177.12 $1,852.15 $2,059.50
Pennsylvania 31 $464.00 $1,362.60 $3,177.00
South Carolina 11 $618.00 $1,967.40 $5,636.50
South Dakota 7 $1,726.40 $2,036.00 $2,588.80
Tennessee 37 $313.88 $452.25 $6,975.69
Texas 116 $646.65 $1,875.14 $14,934.45
Virginia 42 $443.90 $1,885.00 $7,021.00
Washington 31 $936.40 $1,515.34 $4,099.68
West Virginia 17 $264.00 $874.50 $1,750.00
Wisconsin 32 $809.40 $1,475.00 $2,441.18
Wyoming 4 $1,307.04 $1,760.86 $2,027.06

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Polk Columbus, NC $1,931.58 not published
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 $1,027.03 – $1,027.03
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon, WI $1,936.00 $1,027.03 – $1,027.03
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati, OH $1,947.00 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati, OH $1,947.00 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia, OH $1,947.00 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason, OH $1,947.00 not published
Fairfield Hospital Fairfield, OH $1,947.00 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati, OH $1,947.00 not published
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine, KY $1,949.40 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf, IA $1,967.08 $43.92 – $963.87
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine Muscatine, IA $1,967.08 $43.92 – $1,008.12
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island, IL $1,967.08 $43.92 – $1,084.35
St Francis Downtown Greenville, SC $1,967.40 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville, SC $1,967.40 not published
French Hospital San Luis Obispo, CA $1,967.84 $188.05 – $2,083.30
Lincoln Health Damariscotta, ME $1,967.90 $47.10 – $1,786.85
OSF Saint Paul Medical Center Mendota, IL $1,970.40 not published
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom, CA $1,979.63 $188.05 – $4,172.98
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley, WA $1,985.60 $260.30 – $1,729.63
MultiCare Deaconess Hospital Spokane, WA $1,985.60 $262.16 – $1,733.51
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago, IL $1,995.00 $607.37 – $3,966.00
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road, OH $2,005.50 $378.21 – $756.43
Platte County Hospital Wheatland, WY $2,007.65 $1,331.04 – $2,689.81
OSF St Mary Medical Center Galesburg, IL $2,011.20 $428.40 – $436.97
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley, CA $2,013.23 $188.05 – $1,202.46
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain, SD $2,013.60 $860.81 – $2,265.30
O'Bleness Hospital Athens, OH $2,015.65 $381.72 – $385.54
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence, SC $2,018.50 $277.54 – $409.00
Urbana Hospital Urbana, OH $2,019.60 not published
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton, MN $2,024.00 $421.92 – $2,277.00
Washakie Medical Center Worland, WY $2,027.06 $49.92 – $100.88
Providence Newberg Medical Center Newberg, OR $2,027.25 $300.75 – $813.17
Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR $2,027.25 $266.66 – $1,551.28
Providence St Vincent Medical Center Portland, OR $2,027.25 $266.66 – $1,551.28
Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center Oregon City, OR $2,027.25 $266.66 – $1,551.28
Providence Milwaukie Hospital Milwaukie, OR $2,027.25 $266.66 – $1,551.28
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange, CA $2,027.52 $437.05 – $951.22
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX $2,032.80 $401.59 – $1,345.02
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX $2,032.80 $1,345.02 – $1,345.02
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock, TX $2,032.80 not published
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton, SD $2,034.40 $869.71 – $2,288.70
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen, SD $2,036.00 $381.74 – $2,290.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro, PA $2,037.60 $152.32 – $616.40
Lourdes Hospital Paducah, KY $2,043.00 not published
Ascension St. Vincent Clay (St. Vincent Clay Hospital, Inc.) Brazil, IN $2,044.20 $35.79 – $610.62
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO $2,057.90 $125.00 – $1,345.10
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington, MN $2,059.20 $303.98 – $2,316.60
Providence Medford Medical Center Medford, OR $2,059.50 $405.14 – $1,012.86

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