Bone scan cost in Vallejo, CA — inpatient
In Vallejo, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine) as an inpatient: from $2,592.80 to $2,945.00, with a median of $2,592.80. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital & Rehab Center - Vallejo and 1 other hospital. Across California, the median is $2,121.60 at 95 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 78306, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . 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 Vallejo, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital & Rehab Center - Vallejo lowest Vallejo, CA · (707) 651-1000 BONE &/JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY | $2,592.80 | $4,630.00 | $537.00–$1,680.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville lowest Vacaville, CA · (707) 624-4000 BONE &/JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY | $2,592.80 | $4,630.00 | $537.00–$1,680.00 | 44% | — source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Bone Scan Whole Body | $2,945.00 | $2,945.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Bone Scan Whole Body | $2,945.00 | $2,945.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $2,592.80, median $2,592.80, highest $2,945.00 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $2,592.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 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 none is it 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.