Scans and imaging CPT 78306 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Bone scan cost in Decatur, AL — inpatient

In Decatur, AL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine) as an inpatient: from $648.00 to $648.00, with a median of $648.00. The lowest listed price is at Decatur Morgan Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across Alabama, the median is $1,325.03 at 36 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 78306, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$648.00Decatur Morgan Hospital + 1 more
Median$648.00half pay less
Highest$648.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Decatur, AL.

median
Lowest $648.00Highest $751.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Decatur Morgan Hospital lowest Decatur, AL BONE/JOINT IMAG; WHOLE BODY $648.00 $648.00 $162.00–$852.37 — —
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Decatur Morgan Hospital lowest Decatur, AL BONE/JOINT IMAG; WHOLE BODY $648.00 $648.00 $162.00–$852.37 — —
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Decatur Morgan Hospital West lowest Decatur, AL · (256) 341-2000 BONE/JOINT IMAG; WHOLE BODY $648.00 $648.00 $162.00–$852.37 — —
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Decatur Morgan Hospital Decatur, AL BONE SCAN, WHOLE BODY $751.00 $751.00 $187.75–$852.37 — —
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Decatur Morgan Hospital Decatur, AL BONE SCAN, WHOLE BODY $751.00 $751.00 $187.75–$852.37 — —
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Decatur Morgan Hospital West Decatur, AL · (256) 341-2000 BONE SCAN, WHOLE BODY $751.00 $751.00 $187.75–$852.37 — —
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Inpatient: lowest $648.00, median $648.00, highest $648.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $648.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 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.