Scans and imaging CPT 78306 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

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.

Lowest$2,592.80Kaiser Foundation Hospital & Rehab Center - Vallejo + 1 more
Median$2,592.80half pay less
Highest$2,945.00in this market
Difference1.1×highest vs lowest

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.

median
Lowest $2,592.80Highest $2,945.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile 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% —
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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% —
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NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Bone Scan Whole Body $2,945.00 $2,945.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Bone Scan Whole Body $2,945.00 $2,945.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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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.