Bone scan cost in St. Louis, MO
In St. Louis, MO-IL, 11 hospitals list a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine): from $566.80 to $6,572.80, with a median of $1,613.10. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Lincoln — $1,046.30 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $1,422.20 at 21 hospitals.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 9 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in St. Louis, MO-IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 NM Bone and or Jnt Imag Whol Body Pf | $566.80 | $872.00 | $479.57–$527.53 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 NM Bone and or Jnt Imag Whol Body | $776.10 | $1,194.00 | $392.81–$900.94 | 35% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, IL · (618) 651-2600 HC BONE SCAN WHOLE BODY | $960.48 | $1,334.00 | $266.80–$1,334.00 | 28% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO NM Bone and or Jnt Imag Whol Body | $1,108.90 | $1,706.00 | $392.81–$900.94 | 35% | — source file |
| Hshs Holy Family Hospital Greenville, IL · (618) 664-1230 HC BONE SCAN WHOLE BODY | $1,573.20 | $2,185.00 | $334.42–$2,185.00 | 28% | — source file |
| Shriners Childrens - St Louis Saint Louis, MO · (314) 432-3600 BONE IMAGING WHOLE BODY | $1,613.10 | $1,613.10 | $216.37–$803.66 | — | — source file |
| St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL HC BONE SCAN WHOLE BODY | $1,752.48 | $2,434.00 | $318.49–$2,434.00 | 28% | — source file |
| Gateway Regional Medical Center Granite City, IL · (618) 798-3000 NM-BONE SCAN BODY | $2,107.22 | $3,512.04 | $3,512.04 | 40% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, IL · (618) 526-4511 HC BONE SCAN WHOLE BODY | $2,521.44 | $3,502.00 | $318.49–$3,502.00 | 28% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO NM Bone and or Jnt Imag Whol Body | $3,380.97 | $5,201.50 | $187.49–$1,069.98 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 NM Bone and or Jnt Imag Whol Body | $6,142.50 | $9,450.00 | $479.57–$527.53 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO NM Bone and or Jnt Imag Whol Body | $6,572.80 | $10,112.00 | $392.81–$900.94 | 35% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $566.80, median $1,613.10, highest $6,572.80 — a 11.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $1,752.48. 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 6 of 11 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.