Scans and imaging CPT 78306 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Bone scan cost in Lubbock, TX — inpatient

In Lubbock, TX, 5 hospitals list a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine) as an inpatient: from $1,152.48 to $2,016.11, with a median of $2,016.00. The lowest listed price is at Lubbock Heritage Hospital — $863.52 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $1,823.30 at 92 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities for code 78306, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,152.48Lubbock Heritage Hospital
Median$2,016.00half pay less
Highest$2,016.11in this market
Difference1.7×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 Lubbock, TX.

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Lowest $1,152.48Highest $2,016.11

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lubbock Heritage Hospital lowest Lubbock, TX HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM $1,152.48 $2,744.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Bone Imaging, Whole Body - Nm Bone Whole Body $1,614.00 $1,614.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM $2,016.00 $4,800.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Long-Term Care Lubbock, TX HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM $2,016.11 $4,800.25 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM $2,016.11 $4,800.25 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $1,152.48, median $2,016.00, highest $2,016.11 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,152.48 — 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.