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
UKIAH ADVENTIST HOSPITAL Ukiah, CA $798.60 $39.50 – $1,608.60
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima, WA $807.20 $476.92 – $1,283.68
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $810.40 not published
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Clifton Springs, NY $812.30 $179.82 – $292.70
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL $820.00 $607.37 – $3,966.00
Ascension Calumet Hospital, Inc. Chilton, WI $820.23 $42.55 – $103.89
MID-COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER The Dalles, OR $827.04 $38.31 – $126.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport, PA $829.80 $106.55 – $1,106.40
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea, KY $838.30 $479.80 – $1,582.49
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville, TN $845.64 $122.24 – $719.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta, TN $845.66 $120.94 – $719.70
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville, TN $845.66 $120.94 – $719.70
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TX $851.25 $489.74 – $5,107.12
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston, TX $851.25 $489.74 – $5,107.12
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine, TX $851.25 $489.74 – $5,901.56
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota, TX $853.48 $489.74 – $5,413.47
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell, TX $853.48 $489.74 – $4,389.30
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville, TX $853.48 $489.74 – $4,389.30
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station, TX $853.48 $275.66 – $4,145.45
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport, IA $864.00 $384.64 – $538.50
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis, IL $864.00 $363.22 – $1,324.80
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo, IL $864.00 $451.92 – $676.80
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale, AZ $888.12 $72.99 – $2,718.75
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque, IA $894.79 $36.97 – $894.78
Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) Kettering, OH $897.20 $393.90 – $1,250.27
Kettering Health Miamisburg (Sycamore) Miamisburg, OH $897.20 $396.35 – $1,250.27
Kettering Health Dayton (Grandview) Dayton, OH $897.20 $393.90 – $1,250.27
Soin Medical Center Beaver Creek, OH $897.20 $393.90 – $1,250.27
Kettering Health Greene Memorial Xenia, OH $897.20 $391.79 – $1,250.27
Kettering Health Hamilton (Fort Hamilton) Hamilton, OH $897.20 $396.35 – $1,250.27
Kettering Health Troy Troy, OH $897.20 $391.79 – $1,250.27
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville, WV $905.50 $29.85 – $715.22
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville, VA $909.50 $397.85 – $409.55
Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg, VA $909.50 $397.85 – $409.55
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville, OH $909.54 $1,100.40 – $1,412.18
Parkview Logansport Hospital Logansport, IN $934.50 $422.96 – $845.92
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield, CA $938.70 $39.65 – $1,022.93
Henry Ford Rochester Hospital Rochester, MI $940.47 $177.38 – $748.03
Corewell Health Pennock Hastings, MI $949.00 not published
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids, MI $949.00 $398.33 – $717.00
Corewell Health Reed City Po Box 75, MI $949.00 not published
Corewell Health Greenville Greenville, MI $949.00 $398.33 – $717.00
Corewell Health Zeeland Zeeland, MI $949.00 $398.33 – $717.00
Corewell Health Gerber Fremont, MI $949.00 not published
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling, CO $959.98 $403.83 – $2,339.64
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital HIGHLAND, IL $960.48 $715.52 – $1,334.00
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee Shawnee, OK $961.40 $330.49 – $904.12
Ascension Providence Waco, TX $962.01 $245.59 – $663.09
Parkview Bryan Hospital Bryan, OH $967.00 $397.72 – $1,193.16
Parkview Montpelier Hospital Montpelier, OH $967.00 not published

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