Bone scan cost in Rochester, NY
In Rochester, NY, 8 hospitals list a cash price for Bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine): from $474.52 to $1,146.14, with a median of $802.15. The lowest listed price is at Strong Memorial Hospital and 1 other hospital — $327.63 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $785.03 at 58 hospitals.
Cash prices at 8 facilities across 5 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 Rochester, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Memorial Hospital lowest Rochester, NY Bone imaging whole body | $474.52 | — | $485.96–$988.49 | — | — source file |
| Highland Hospital lowest Rochester, NY Bone imaging whole body | $474.52 | — | $473.54–$847.50 | — | — source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NY HB Bone &/Joint Imaging Whole Body | $594.00 | — | — | — | — source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua, NY HB Bone &/Joint Imaging Whole Body | $792.00 | — | — | — | — source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs, NY HC NUC BONE AND_OR JOINT IMAGING_WHOLE BODY | $812.30 | $1,249.69 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY HC NUC BONE AND_OR JOINT IMAGING_WHOLE BODY | $1,067.57 | $1,642.41 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY HC NUC BONE AND_OR JOINT IMAGING_WHOLE BODY | $1,067.57 | $1,642.41 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester, NY HC NUC BONE AND_OR JOINT IMAGING_WHOLE BODY | $1,146.14 | $1,432.67 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester, NY HB Bone &/Joint Imaging Whole Body | $1,734.85 | — | $60.60–$1,484.07 | — | — source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY HB Bone &/Joint Imaging Whole Body | $1,734.85 | — | $60.60–$1,812.64 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $474.52, median $802.15, highest $1,146.14 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $1,067.57. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.