Bone scan cost in Little Rock, AR
In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine): from $217.90 to $955.80, with a median of $588.00. The lowest listed price is at Arkansas Childrens Hospital — $370.10 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $570.76 at 13 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 78306, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Nov 21, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Childrens Hospital lowest Little Rock, AR · (501) 364-1100 BONE IMAGING WHOLE BODY | $217.90 | $242.11 | $242.11–$373.78 | 10% | — source file |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 219-7000 NM Bone Imaging Whole Body - Report | $588.00 | $735.00 | $367.50–$551.25 | 20% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 219-7000 NM Bone Imaging Whole Body | $588.00 | $735.00 | $367.50–$551.25 | 20% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF BONE AND/OR JOINT WHOLE BODY | $955.80 | $1,593.00 | $59.00–$887.00 | 40% | — source file |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 BONE IMAGING WHOLE BODY | $1,041.60 | $1,736.00 | $59.00–$887.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 364-1100 NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF BONE AND/OR JOINT WHOLE BODY | $2,130.96 | $2,367.73 | $281.43–$375.67 | 10% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $217.90, median $588.00, highest $955.80 — a 4.4× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.