Whole-Body Bone Scan (Nuclear Medicine) cost at US hospitals

Nuclear medicine bone and joint imaging, whole body · CPT 78306

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Whole-Body Bone Scan (Nuclear Medicine)

A whole-body bone scan uses a small injected radioactive tracer that collects wherever bone is actively remodeling, then photographs the entire skeleton at once. It shows where bone is reacting to something, which is often visible here long before it shows on an x-ray.

$149.04

lowest cash price

$1,570.65

national median

$15,401.55

highest cash price

906

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $149.04–$15,401.55 — the variation is the story.

Most expensive published cash price

$15,401.55

HCA FLORIDA OSCEOLA HOSPITAL — ORLANDO, FL

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($1,619.85) → Sep 1, 2026 ($5,214.14)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 2 $1,152.48 $1,152.48 $3,136.38
Arizona 17 $485.75 $790.34 $3,155.73
Arkansas 6 $296.85 $634.49 $5,203.59
California 88 $392.94 $2,121.60 $4,350.30
Colorado 17 $959.98 $4,728.76 $14,767.50
Florida 77 $1,265.60 $5,109.37 $15,401.55
Georgia 25 $1,017.36 $1,087.32 $5,969.21
Hawaii 2 $587.20 $587.20 $1,056.00
Illinois 50 $658.35 $1,537.60 $3,220.00
Indiana 26 $934.50 $1,777.20 $5,214.14
Iowa 26 $188.00 $1,272.03 $2,700.00
Kansas 11 $971.20 $4,775.50 $8,605.49
Kentucky 22 $786.47 $1,750.20 $5,999.15
Louisiana 2 $428.48 $428.48 $428.48
Maine 7 $1,476.10 $1,967.90 $2,186.50
Maryland 2 $223.20 $223.20 $223.20
Michigan 27 $474.88 $949.00 $2,082.00
Minnesota 19 $595.10 $1,197.60 $2,059.20
Mississippi 10 $302.00 $528.00 $652.50
Missouri 20 $783.75 $1,045.00 $6,142.50
Montana 2 $1,540.00 $1,540.00 $1,540.00
Nebraska 13 $291.18 $1,202.50 $1,794.46
Nevada 3 $1,022.13 $1,131.83 $1,165.86
New Hampshire 1 $2,799.85 $2,799.85 $2,799.85
New Jersey 21 $369.97 $473.22 $571.43
New Mexico 1 not published by hospital not published by hospital not published by hospital
New York 22 $475.51 $475.51 $3,749.00
North Carolina 15 $1,003.00 $1,396.88 $2,400.00
North Dakota 4 $1,142.40 $1,819.20 $1,846.40
Ohio 67 $773.25 $1,535.40 $3,157.20
Oklahoma 15 $606.15 $1,573.00 $6,211.27
Oregon 12 $149.04 $1,483.50 $1,984.50
Pennsylvania 31 $424.50 $1,474.20 $3,787.80
South Carolina 11 $764.50 $1,661.40 $6,740.00
South Dakota 7 $1,538.40 $1,969.60 $2,167.20
Tennessee 37 $262.64 $452.25 $6,474.03
Texas 116 $597.51 $1,823.30 $13,329.12
Virginia 42 $443.90 $1,561.50 $8,796.00
Washington 31 $807.20 $1,443.18 $4,099.68
West Virginia 17 $383.00 $905.50 $1,750.00
Wisconsin 33 $820.23 $1,400.00 $3,828.09
Wyoming 4 $1,035.30 $1,531.62 $1,763.17

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Templeton, CA $470.33 $513.27 – $8,734.70
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, NJ $473.22 $111.50 – $1,166.24
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen, NJ $473.22 $123.00 – $1,021.05
Henry Ford River District Hospital China Township, MI $474.88 $174.97 – $748.03
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016, NY $475.51 $171.08 – $748.54
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY $475.51 $171.08 – $748.54
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx, NY $475.51 $305.51 – $748.54
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York, NY $475.51 $305.51 – $748.54
Harlem Hospital Center New York, NY $475.51 $297.17 – $748.54
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn, NY $475.51 $171.08 – $748.54
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica, NY $475.51 $171.08 – $748.54
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373, NY $475.51 $303.21 – $748.54
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY $475.51 $305.51 – $748.54
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn, NY $475.51 $305.51 – $748.54
North Central Bronx Bronx, NY $475.51 $305.51 – $748.54
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark, NJ $484.08 $123.00 – $1,197.64
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville, NJ $484.69 $123.00 – $1,197.64
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa, AZ $485.75 $273.41 – $2,718.75
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ $492.45 $123.00 – $1,197.64
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ $495.70 $123.00 – $1,197.64
Community Medical Center Toms River, NJ $498.58 $123.00 – $1,197.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City, NJ $499.55 $123.00 – $1,197.64
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch, NJ $525.99 $123.00 – $1,197.64
39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County STARKVILLE, MS $528.00 $306.21 – $825.00
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township, NJ $547.58 $123.00 – $1,197.64
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr., MI $549.70 $24.71 – $1,254.91
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI $549.70 $24.71 – $1,254.91
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital: Wyandotte, MI $549.70 $24.71 – $1,254.91
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp, MI $549.70 $24.71 – $1,324.21
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro, TN $556.26 $120.94 – $719.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville, TN $556.61 $120.94 – $719.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon, TN $557.29 $120.94 – $733.84
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque, IA $560.95 $308.09 – $874.53
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville, NJ $570.44 $123.00 – $1,197.64
26-1214372 NEA Baptist Jonesboro, AR $570.76 $59.00 – $740.54
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood, NJ $571.43 $123.00 – $1,197.64
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville, MS $574.56 $343.61 – $1,002.20
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma, CA $574.94 $39.50 – $1,259.02
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley, CA $574.94 $1.21 – $1,085.60
ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA $574.94 $39.50 – $1,094.80
SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. San Luis Obispo, CA $580.50 $513.27 – $8,385.00
CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER Kailua, HI $587.20 $140.75 – $3,211.25
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City, MS $594.50 $351.63 – $358.66
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407, MN $595.10 $380.88 – $1,005.98
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN $595.10 $380.88 – $696.39
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN $595.10 $380.88 – $1,519.23
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet, TX $597.51 $213.84 – $2,524.32
Ascension St. John Medical Center (St. John Medical Center, Inc.) Tulsa, OK $606.15 $54.25 – $1,528.92
Ascension St. John Jane Phillips (Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center, Inc.) Bartlesville, OK $606.15 $54.25 – $921.08
Ascension St. John Broken Arrow (St. John Broken Arrow, Inc.) Jenks, OK $606.15 $54.25 – $220.97

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