Bone scan cost in Carroll, IA
In Carroll, IA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine): from $1,552.77 to $2,451.00, with a median of $2,001.89. The lowest listed price is at Manning Regional Healthcare Center — $449.12 less than the median here. Across Iowa, the median is $1,205.45 at 69 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 78306, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 1, 2026 and Jul 14, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Carroll, IA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manning Regional Healthcare Center lowest Manning, IA · (712) 655-2072 Nuclear medicine study of bone and/or joint whole body | $1,552.77 | $2,187.00 | $1,530.90–$2,296.35 | 29% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| St Anthony Regional Hospital and Nursing Home Carroll, IA · (712) 792-3581 Nuclear medicine study of bone and/or joint whole body | $2,451.00 | $2,451.00 | $906.87–$2,303.94 | — | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,552.77, median $2,001.89, highest $2,451.00 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A whole-body bone scan uses a small amount of radioactive tracer to find areas of increased bone activity, such as cancer spread, stress fractures and infections.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the tracer and the scan. The reading may be billed separately.