CPT 78018 at Island Hospital

Nuclear

Island Hospital, Anacortes

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Island Hospital publishes for this code: as an outpatient

Island Hospital’s prices for CPT 78018, as an outpatient
Who pays	Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest)	Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates	$840 – $1,1665 plans	—
Medicare AdvantageInsurer rates	$648 – $68711 plans	—
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates	$271 – $2933 plans	—
Other government programInsurer rates	$648 – $6823 plans	—
UnknownInsurer rates	$306 – $6803 plans	—
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance	—	—
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it	—	—

Lowest and highest amounts Island Hospital lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Bills to expect

The hospital’s fee is the price above. Doctors usually send their own bills. Their amounts here are what original Medicare allows in the rest of Washington for 2026, and a private-plan estimate of 118% to 179% of that (the range found across studies of what insurers pay doctors). Those are estimates, not quotes.

Bills to expect for CPT 78018 at Island Hospital
Bill	What it’s for	Original Medicare allows	Private plan estimate
Hospital's feeThe hospital	The test or scan: equipment and staff	—	The price above
Reading doctorThe doctor who reads it (often a radiology group)	Reading the results and writing the report	$38.58	$45.52 – $69.06

Original Medicare amounts are only for people on original Medicare. Your share depends on your plan’s deductible, copay and coinsurance.

Compare CPT 78018 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.