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 Redmond Rome, GA $6,502.97 $415.49 – $1,155.06
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring, FL $6,516.18 $427.91 – $948.75
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales, FL $6,579.94 $417.47 – $926.79
GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOWLING GREEN, KY $6,618.20 $249.43 – $848.52
MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL Dallas, TX $6,665.91 $317.94 – $648.31
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON, TN $6,756.79 $199.99 – $864.50
HCA FLORIDA BAYONET POINT HOSPITAL HUDSON, FL $6,822.54 $848.52 – $2,099.91
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE, VA $6,937.00 $211.25 – $848.52
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET, TN $6,975.69 $193.24 – $864.50
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI, VA $7,021.00 $162.43 – $848.52
HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL HIALEAH, FL $7,144.00 $641.10 – $2,255.46
HCA FLORIDA CITRUS HOSPITAL Inverness, FL $7,416.33 $848.52 – $1,953.99
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston, TX $7,657.19 $322.78 – $2,320.76
HCA FLORIDA BLAKE HOSPITAL BRADENTON, FL $7,670.40 $848.52 – $2,099.91
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver, CO $8,198.75 $111.50 – $1,155.34
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE, TX $8,224.23 $316.32 – $2,320.76
HCA FLORIDA TRINITY HOSPITAL TRINITY, FL $8,294.98 $848.52 – $2,099.91
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER, CO $8,366.23 $114.78 – $848.52
HCA FLORIDA PALMS WEST HOSPITAL LOXAHATCHEE, FL $8,401.00 $641.10 – $2,171.96
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland, TX $8,601.50 $322.78 – $2,320.76
OVERLAND PARK REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SHAWNEE, KS $8,658.01 $218.05 – $531.27
MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL SAGINAW, TX $8,797.09 $322.78 – $648.31
MEDICAL CITY LEWISVILLE HOSPITAL LEWISVILLE, TX $9,276.63 $317.94 – $648.31
UCF LAKE NONA HOSPITAL Orlando, FL $9,324.20 $848.52 – $2,071.87
MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL North Richland Hills, TX $9,538.12 $322.78 – $648.31
HCA FLORIDA POINCIANA HOSPITAL DAVENPORT, FL $9,692.05 $848.52 – $2,135.95
HCA FLORIDA OSCEOLA HOSPITAL ORLANDO, FL $9,976.95 $848.52 – $2,135.95
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD, TX $9,986.66 $316.32 – $2,320.76
MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL Irving, TX $10,024.14 $322.78 – $648.31
MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL Argyle, TX $10,097.36 $317.94 – $648.31
MENORAH MEDICAL CENTER Overland Park, KS $10,429.53 $218.05 – $531.27
HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL STUART, FL $10,454.00 $641.10 – $2,155.38
HCA FLORIDA LARGO HOSPITAL LARGO, FL $10,511.25 $848.52 – $2,099.91
HCA FLORIDA PASADENA HOSPITAL South Pasadena, FL $10,889.96 $848.52 – $2,099.91
HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL TALLAHASSEE, FL $11,347.95 $848.52 – $1,984.03
MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL McKinney, TX $11,390.13 $322.78 – $471.50
HCA FLORIDA KENDALL HOSPITAL DORAL, FL $11,588.00 $641.10 – $2,255.46
OVIEDO MEDICAL CENTER Oviedo, FL $11,659.33 $848.52 – $2,071.87
HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL LEHIGH ACRES, FL $11,893.99 $848.52 – $848.52
HCA FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG HOSPITAL NORTH, FL $11,978.96 $848.52 – $2,099.91
HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL SANFORD, FL $12,452.75 $848.52 – $2,135.95
HCA FLORIDA ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL ENGLEWOOD, FL $13,083.39 $848.52 – $2,099.91
HCA FLORIDA OAK HILL HOSPITAL BROOKSVILLE, FL $13,088.57 $848.52 – $2,099.91
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton, CO $13,294.66 $107.29 – $848.52
HCA FLORIDA FAWCETT HOSPITAL FORT MYERS, FL $13,481.22 $848.52 – $2,034.83
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree, CO $13,489.50 $115.25 – $975.18
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER, CO $13,489.50 $115.25 – $2,155.38
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON, TX $13,828.19 $322.78 – $2,320.76
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE, TX $14,385.18 $316.32 – $2,320.76
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa, FL $14,458.50 $848.52 – $2,099.91

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