Scans and imaging CPT 78306 Outpatient

Bone scan cost in Williston, ND

In Williston, ND, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine): from $969.18 to $969.18, with a median of $969.18. Across North Dakota, the median is $1,142.40 at 9 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$969.18Mercy Medical Center
Median$969.18half pay less
Highest$969.18in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Medical Center Williston, ND BONE SCAN WHOLE BODY $969.18 $1,671.00 $735.24–$1,570.74 42% Feb 28, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $969.18, median $969.18, highest $969.18.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $969.18. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

Mercy Medical Center Williston, NDBONE SCAN WHOLE BODY PF $100.92 file