Bone scan cost in Seattle, WA
In Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 13 hospitals list a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine): from $857.50 to $2,967.70, with a median of $1,571.53. The lowest listed price is at Overlake Medical Center & Clinics — $714.03 less than the median here. Across Washington, the median is $1,489.09 at 29 hospitals.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 11 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 Feb 28, 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overlake Medical Center & Clinics lowest Bellevue, WA · (425) 688-5000 Hc Bone Imaging Whole Body | $857.50 | $1,715.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA · (206) 223-6600 BONE SCAN WHOLE BODY | $1,243.38 | $2,438.00 | $1,462.80–$1,950.40 | 49% | — source file |
| Saint Clare Hospital Lakewood, WA · (253) 588-1711 HC BONE/JOINT IMAGE WHOLE BODY | $1,367.70 | $4,744.97 | $455.45–$3,558.73 | 71% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor, WA · (253) 530-2050 HC BONE/JOINT IMAGE WHOLE BODY | $1,443.18 | $4,744.97 | $455.45–$3,558.73 | 70% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Highline Medical Center Burien, WA · (206) 431-5237 HC BONE/JOINT IMAGE WHOLE BODY | $1,448.91 | $4,744.97 | $447.25–$4,270.48 | 69% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St Francis Community Hospital Federal Way, WA · (253) 944-8100 HC BONE/JOINT IMAGE WHOLE BODY | $1,489.09 | $4,744.97 | $447.25–$3,558.73 | 69% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Medical Center Tacoma, WA · (253) 627-4101 HC BONE/JOINT IMAGE WHOLE BODY | $1,571.53 | $4,744.97 | $455.45–$3,558.73 | 67% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Enumclaw Regional Hospital Association Enumclaw, WA HC BONE/JOINT IMAGE WHOLE BODY | $1,676.71 | $4,744.97 | $780.44–$4,270.48 | 65% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Everett, WA · (425) 261-2000 HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM | $1,741.48 | $3,349.00 | — | 48% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA · (360) 435-2133 HC BONE SCAN WHOLE BODY | $1,832.00 | $2,290.00 | $194.65–$1,832.00 | 20% | — source file |
| Swedish Issaquah Issaquah, WA · (425) 313-4000 HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM | $2,599.68 | $5,416.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle, WA · (206) 320-2000 HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM | $2,599.68 | $5,416.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle, WA · (206) 320-2000 HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM | $2,599.68 | $5,416.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA · (206) 987-2000 NM Bone Total Body Scan | $2,967.70 | $2,967.70 | $747.86–$2,848.99 | — | — source file |
| Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle, WA · (206) 320-2000 HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM | $4,099.68 | $8,541.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle, WA · (206) 320-2000 HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM | $4,099.68 | $8,541.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Issaquah Issaquah, WA · (425) 313-4000 HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM | $4,099.68 | $8,541.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA · (206) 987-2000 NM Bone Scan W/Bone Blood Pool | $4,400.20 | $4,400.20 | $1,108.85–$4,224.19 | — | — source file |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA · (206) 987-2000 NM Bone Scan Total Body + Spect | $5,638.90 | $5,638.90 | $1,421.00–$5,413.34 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $857.50, median $1,571.53, highest $2,967.70 — a 3.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $1,571.53. 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 7 of 9 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 78306 ($1,392.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WABone Imaging, Whole Body | $110.00 | file |