Scans and imaging CPT 78306 Outpatient

Bone scan cost in Napa, CA

In Napa, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine): from $1,227.06 to $1,227.06, with a median of $1,227.06. Across California, the median is $2,121.60 at 95 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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.

Lowest$1,227.06Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center
Median$1,227.06half pay less
Highest$1,227.06in 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 Napa, CA.

median
Lowest $1,227.06Highest $3,694.44

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center lowest Napa, CA · (707) 252-4411 HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM $1,227.06 $2,406.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center Napa, CA · (707) 252-4411 HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM $3,694.44 $7,244.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,227.06, median $1,227.06, highest $1,227.06.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $3,694.44. 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.