CPT 78802 at Seattle Children's Hospital

Nuclear

Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle

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 Seattle Children's Hospital publishes for this code: as an outpatient

Seattle Children's Hospital’s prices for CPT 78802, as an outpatient
Who pays	Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest)	Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates	$76.50 – $4,612at least 142 plans	$61.36 – $122
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates	$72.29 – $1,562at least 13 plans	$21.75 – $23.23
Medicaid (state program)Insurer rates	$68.85 – $1,211at least 1 plan	$21.12
Other government programInsurer rates	$107 – $1,970at least 1 plan	$44.10
UnknownInsurer rates	$68.85 – $4,324at least 14 plans	$21.12 – $96.38
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance	$153 – $4,804	—
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it	$153 – $4,804	$153

Lowest and highest amounts Seattle Children's 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 Seattle (King County) 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 78802 at Seattle Children's 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	$38.69	$45.65 – $69.26

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

Compare CPT 78802 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.