Bone scan cost in Massena, NY
In Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine): from $1,252.04 to $1,463.20, with a median of $1,357.62. The lowest listed price is at Slhs Massena — $105.58 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $785.03 at 58 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 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Massena-Ogdensburg, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slhs Massena lowest Massena, NY · (315) 769-4234 HC NUC BONE AND_OR JOINT IMAGING_WHOLE BODY | $1,252.04 | $1,926.22 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY · (315) 265-3300 HC NUC BONE AND_OR JOINT IMAGING_WHOLE BODY | $1,463.20 | $2,251.07 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,252.04, median $1,357.62, highest $1,463.20 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,357.62. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.