Bone scan cost in Providence, RI
In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine): from $447.00 to $601.80, with a median of $524.40. The lowest listed price is at Landmark Medical Center — $77.40 less than the median here. Across Rhode Island, the median is $524.40 at 2 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 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landmark Medical Center lowest Woonsocket, RI · (401) 769-4100 Hc Nm Bone Imaging, Whole Body | $447.00 | $1,954.00 | $247.50–$1,856.30 | 77% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| South County Health Wakefield, RI · (401) 782-8000 Bone and/or joint imaging; whole body | $601.80 | $1,003.00 | $707.14 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $447.00, median $524.40, highest $601.80 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 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.