Scans and imaging CPT 78306 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Bone scan cost in Grand Forks, ND — inpatient

In Grand Forks, ND-MN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine) as an inpatient: from $900.97 to $900.97, with a median of $900.97. Across North Dakota, the median is $1,055.25 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78306, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 1, 2026 and Mar 1, 2026.

Lowest$900.97Altru Hospital
Median$900.97half pay less
Highest$900.97in 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 Grand Forks, ND-MN.

median
Lowest $900.97Highest $1,049.81

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Altru Hospital lowest Grand Forks, ND · (701) 780-5000 HC NM BONE WHOLE BODY/JOINT SCAN $900.97 $1,477.00 — 39% Mar 1, 2026
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Altru Hospital Grand Forks, ND · (701) 780-5000 CHG BONE &/JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY $1,049.81 $1,721.00 — 39% Mar 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $900.97, median $900.97, highest $900.97.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,224.52 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.