Nuclear Medicine Camera Cost and Price Guide (2026): Gamma Camera, SPECT and SPECT/CT

How Much Does a Nuclear Medicine Camera Cost?

Nuclear medicine camera cost is set by the number of detectors, by whether the camera carries a CT that reads diagnostically, and by whether the detectors are sodium iodide or CZT. The estimates below are for a system delivered, installed and warrantied with a collimator set and a workstation, rounded to $5,000, comparison only.

Nuclear medicine camera cost in 2026 by class, estimates for a system delivered, installed and warrantied, derived from public list-price reporting and manufacturer-published information; comparison only, not a Medical Outfitters price list. The price list by model places each platform inside these classes.

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What the estimates include, and what they leave out

Each estimate covers the gantry and both detectors, a general collimator set, the table, the consoles, freight, installation and calibration, training and a written warranty; it leaves out room shielding, the hot lab, the dose calibrator, the license, the radiopharmacy supply and the first service contract, covered in the room, hot lab and license section.

Nuclear Medicine Camera Price by Model (2026): GE Discovery and NM/CT, Siemens Symbia, Philips BrightView

The nuclear medicine camera price list places sixteen GE HealthCare, Siemens Healthineers and Philips platforms inside the classes above: each refurbished figure is a class estimate delivered, installed and warrantied, each new figure an estimate for a platform the manufacturer still sells, comparison only, and none is sold new by Medical Outfitters.

Nuclear medicine camera price by model in 2026, class estimates delivered, installed and warrantied, comparison only; model facts from the manufacturers’ product pages and FDA clearance records.

Each of these platforms is sourced refurbished on request by Medical Outfitters: a specific camera found for the detector count, the CT and the collimator set a department names, tested, delivered, installed and warrantied, and quoted per project. Medical Outfitters is not a GE, Siemens or Philips nuclear medicine dealer and does not sell or source these cameras new.

Three notes on the rows. The GE 600 Series upgrades in place, per GE’s product pages and the 2012 FDA summary: a Discovery NM 630 becomes an Optima NM/CT 640 or a Discovery NM/CT 670 on location. The Symbia T’s 2-, 6- and 16-slice CT options are why a T16 prices a class above a T2. And the Philips BrightView family prices at the floor of every class, because the FDA’s recall notice records the line as built from September 2007 to June 2013 and nothing replaced it.

Nuclear Medicine Camera Price by Generation and Year of Manufacture

An average gamma camera price hides the generation split. The tiers below are the refurbished classes by generation; every figure is an estimate for comparison only.

Used nuclear medicine camera price by year of manufacture

Year of manufacture places a used gamma camera inside its class before the collimator list and the CT tube log are known; a camera sold as it stands prices below these figures.

Two cautions carry across every year: a sodium iodide detector ages, so a used camera’s flood results matter more than its data plate, and software support decides how long a platform stays accredited, which is why the Philips years sit at the floor of each row.

What Moves a Gamma Camera or SPECT/CT Price

Eight things decide where a gamma camera or SPECT/CT lands inside its class, and the brand is the least of them.

• Detector count and SPECT. A single-head planar camera is the floor; a dual-head variable-angle SPECT camera is the standard purchase; a cardiac-dedicated camera is priced per unit
• The CT, and whether it reads diagnostically. No CT, a localization CT (2 to 8 slices or a flat panel) and a diagnostic CT (16 to 64 slices) are three price classes; on a hybrid the CT tube's scan seconds move a used price most
• Detector technology. Sodium iodide on every platform here except the NM/CT 870 CZT and StarGuide; CZT adds resolution, energy resolution, speed and a class of price
• Crystal thickness. 3/8 inch for technetium work; 5/8 inch for iodine-131 and lutetium-177, which theranostics programs need (Siemens offers both on the Evo, Intevo and Pro.specta)
• Collimator set. Low-energy pairs for technetium, medium-energy for indium-111 and lutetium-177, high-energy for iodine-131, pinhole and cardiac pairs; one pair and four pairs are different purchases
• Software and licenses. Reconstruction and quantitation packages (xSPECT, Evolution, SwiftScan, Q.Metrix), cardiac and DaTscan packages and the processing workstation are licensed separately and do not always transfer
• Patient handling and the room. Table capacity (500 lb on the current GE and Siemens systems), bore and tunnel length, gurney imaging, and whether the room takes a CT
• Support status. GE and Siemens support their current and recent platforms; Philips stopped building the BrightView line in June 2013, so the family prices at the floor

Our radiology equipment cost table places the nuclear medicine classes beside every other modality.

What a Nuclear Medicine Camera Quote Includes

Medical Outfitters sells the Mammotome Neoprobe new as an authorized Mammotome dealer and supplies the imaging side of nuclear medicine a different way: GE, Siemens and Philips gamma cameras and SPECT/CT systems are sourced refurbished on request, which means we find a specific Discovery, NM/CT, Symbia or BrightView for the configuration a department names, test it, and quote it delivered, installed and warrantied. Medical Outfitters is not a GE, Siemens or Philips nuclear medicine dealer and does not sell or source these cameras new. A Medical Outfitters nuclear medicine camera quote includes:

• The camera, tested to specification: uniformity on both heads, center of rotation, resolution and sensitivity against the manufacturer’s NEMA figures, the collimator pairs by name, and on a SPECT/CT the CT tube’s scan seconds and the CT acceptance tests.
• Delivery, rigging and installation by our own crews across the United States, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, with the physicist’s survey coordinated before the first patient; installation, rigging and de-installation and delivery and logistics are in-house.
• Applications training and a written warranty, with the detectors and the CT tube named inside it, and a service plan in the same quote through the engineers who service the CT half of a hybrid on the terms of our CT scanner service page.
• Found to order. A camera is sourced against the detector count, the CT, the crystal and the collimator set you name; the quote states the year, the software release, the licenses that transfer and the delivery date of the specific unit.

Whoever quotes the camera, compare scope before price.

An equipment-only figure for a used gamma camera is a different number from a delivered, installed and warrantied one, because the bare camera still needs rigging, installation, acceptance tests, training and service as separate contracts. The refurbished imaging equipment page explains what a Medical Outfitters refurbished system includes, refurbished versus OEM certified how a dealer rebuild differs, and we also buy used imaging equipment.

Gamma Camera vs SPECT vs SPECT/CT vs CZT: What Each Costs

The CT separates the four classes: a SPECT camera rotates its heads to reconstruct slices, a SPECT/CT adds a CT that corrects for attenuation and places the finding on anatomy, and a CZT SPECT/CT replaces the sodium iodide crystal and its photomultiplier tubes with direct-conversion detectors.

Gamma camera, SPECT/CT and CZT cost by class, estimates delivered, installed and warrantied, comparison only.

A localization CT earns its place on bone, infection and parathyroid SPECT, where the question is where the uptake sits; a diagnostic CT pays when the department will read it or run standalone CT on it. The CT is also the consumable, and its tube’s scan seconds lead any used SPECT/CT survey.

CZT is a class of its own: GE calls the NM/CT 870 CZT the third generation of its general-purpose digital SPECT/CT, with resolution down to 2.8 mm, 6.3 percent energy resolution against 9.5 percent on the Discovery NM/CT 670 and isotopes up to 250 keV; the line began with the Discovery NM/CT 670 CZT, cleared in January 2016. The 870 DR is built so its detectors can be exchanged for CZT.

Gamma Probe vs Gamma Camera: The Neoprobe and the Imaging Department

Buyers searching for gamma camera cost sometimes mean the gamma probe, so the two are set side by side here as our Neoprobe guide sets them. A gamma probe is the handheld detector the surgeon holds in the operating room, giving a count rate and a rising tone with no image; a gamma camera is the imaging system in the nuclear medicine department that produces the lymphoscintigraphy or SPECT image the surgeon consults before the case.

Gamma probe against gamma camera: the Neoprobe figures are Medical Outfitters ranges from the Neoprobe cost guide; the camera figures are class estimates, comparison only.

The Neoprobe is the one product in this family Medical Outfitters sells new: a complete Model 2400 system at $85,000 to $145,000, the console alone at $52,000 to $80,000 and a refurbished or used earlier-generation system at $35,000 to $95,000, per its models by generation table; what a Neoprobe is explains the procedure. The department’s other capital purchase, the PET/CT, is priced by model in our PET/CT scanner cost guide, whose nuclear medicine section places a SPECT camera a price class below it.

GE vs Siemens vs Philips Nuclear Medicine Cameras: Price and Support

Brand moves a nuclear medicine camera quote less than the CT and the detector count do, but it decides the support horizon, the collimator catalog and the software. Every figure in the table is an estimate, comparison only.

GE, Siemens and Philips nuclear medicine cameras by lineup and class, estimates comparison only; lineups from the manufacturers’ product pages read in October 2026.

GE nuclear medicine cameras hold the largest installed base in the United States, so a GE nuclear camera is the easiest to find pre-owned and to support. The 800 Series runs from the GE NM 830 dual-head SPECT camera, which GE positions as a first or overflow camera, through the NM/CT 850, 860 and 870 DR to the NM/CT 870 CZT; the 600 Series it replaced is the GE line on the used market, and the 670 Pro of 2014, with the Optima CT540, prices above an original 670.

Siemens nuclear medicine cameras have carried the Symbia name since the TruePoint SPECT/CT of 2004: the Symbia S, the Symbia T with a 2-, 6- or 16-slice CT, the Intevo with xSPECT from 2013 and the Intevo Bold from 2017, the Evo and the Pro.specta today. The 3/8 inch or 5/8 inch crystal on the Evo, the Intevo and the Pro.specta, with an energy range to 588 keV, is what a theranostics program imaging iodine-131 or lutetium-177 asks for.

Philips nuclear medicine cameras are the value floor: the BrightView of 2007 and the flat-panel BrightView XCT of 2008 and 2009 were built until June 2013 per the FDA’s 2024 recall notice, which also records a field correction for a detector that could fall unexpectedly; take one with the correction documented and a service source named.

New Nuclear Medicine Camera Price: NM 830 to Pro.specta and CZT

Medical Outfitters does not sell nuclear medicine cameras new, because GE, Siemens and Philips are not among its dealer lines; the figures below are estimates of current pricing for the platforms still sold, from public purchase reports and list-price reporting for 2024 to 2026, comparison only. Every pre-owned camera Medical Outfitters supplies is sourced refurbished on request; a buyer who needs a new camera should ask the manufacturer for its own quote and use these figures to read it. The one nuclear medicine product Medical Outfitters sells new is the Mammotome Neoprobe gamma probe.

• GE NM 830. The current dual-head SPECT camera and the entry to the 800 Series, estimated at $400,000 to $550,000 new, comparison only.
• GE NM/CT 850. The eight-slice localization hybrid, cleared in April 2018, estimated at $550,000 to $800,000 new, comparison only.
• GE NM/CT 860. The same eight-slice CT read diagnostically, with standalone CT, estimated at $700,000 to $1,000,000 new, comparison only.
• GE NM/CT 870 DR. The 16-slice premium hybrid built for a CZT detector exchange, estimated at $850,000 to $1,300,000 new, comparison only.
• GE NM/CT 870 CZT. The third-generation CZT general-purpose SPECT/CT, estimated at $1,300,000 to $2,000,000 new, comparison only; the 12-detector StarGuide of 2021 tops the class at about $2,200,000.
• Siemens Symbia Evo. The current SPECT-only Symbia, with a 3/8 inch or 5/8 inch crystal, estimated at $350,000 to $525,000 new, comparison only.
• Siemens Symbia Pro.specta. The current Siemens hybrid, introduced in June 2022 with FDA clearance, 32 or 64 CT slices and a tin filter as standard, estimated at $900,000 to $1,400,000 new, comparison only.

New buys the manufacturer’s warranty, current software, the current collimator catalog and the longest support horizon; a refurbished camera of the previous generation runs 40 to 60 percent below it, the ratio every Medical Outfitters cost guide prints.

The Room, the Hot Lab, the License and What a Nuclear Medicine Camera Costs to Run

A SPECT-only camera fits an existing nuclear medicine room: Siemens publishes a minimum room of 3.61 by 4.98 meters (11 feet 10 inches by 16 feet 4 inches) for the Symbia Evo, Philips designed the BrightView XCT for a 12 by 15 foot room, and Siemens says the Pro.specta fits most existing SPECT rooms. A SPECT/CT adds the shielding a physicist specifies for its X-ray tube, three-phase power and a floor check. Technetium-99m emits at 140 keV, far below the 511 keV a PET/CT room is shielded for; the shielding, hot lab and licensing section of our PET/CT guide describes the heavier case.

Every nuclear medicine room also needs a hot lab with a dose calibrator and shielded storage, a radioactive materials license from the NRC or the agreement state with a named radiation safety officer, a qualified medical physicist, certified technologists and, for a non-hospital facility billing Medicare for the technical component, accreditation by a CMS-designated organization, a requirement in force since 1 January 2012, as our PET/CT guide notes.

What it costs to run a nuclear medicine camera; the service percentages are an industry rule of thumb, estimated, comparison only, in the shape our PET/CT guide prints, not a Medical Outfitters contract price.

A full-coverage contract names the detectors, the photomultiplier tubes and the CT tube inside it, because those end a camera’s economic life; the CT half of a hybrid is priced as on our CT scanner service page, and coverage is not conditional on having bought the system from us.

Used Gamma Camera for Sale: What Sets the Price and What to Check

A used gamma camera for sale is priced by its platform, its detector condition, its collimator set and, on a hybrid, its CT tube, in that order; the year of manufacture is only a proxy for the first. The checks before any used nuclear medicine camera is priced:

• Detector uniformity. Intrinsic and extrinsic floods on both heads against the NEMA specification; a head that will not tune is a detector bill
• Center of rotation and resolution. A center-of-rotation calibration and a line-source resolution check per head
• Crystal and photomultiplier history. The crystal's age and any hydration or damage; the PMT replacement and tuning record
• Collimators. Which pairs are included, their condition, and whether the changer and the cart work
• The CT on a hybrid. The tube's scan seconds and last change, the CT QA results, and whether the CT reads diagnostically
• Software and licenses. The software release, the packages licensed and whether they transfer, and DICOM connectivity
• Gantry, table and safety. Table capacity and motion, collision sensors and emergency stops, and on a BrightView the field correction the 2024 FDA recall called for
• Compliance records. The QC log, the physicist's surveys and the decommissioning survey of the room it came from, every sealed source accounted for

Two lines are specific to this modality: a sodium iodide crystal is hygroscopic, so a camera moved badly can arrive with a hydrated crystal that no tuning recovers, and a used gamma camera for sale without its decommissioning survey cannot legally move. The used imaging equipment inspection checklist covers every modality, and who buys used imaging equipment explains what sets a trade-in value.

Which Nuclear Medicine Camera Should You Buy?

Six questions settle which nuclear medicine camera to buy.

• What will the department image? General nuclear medicine: a dual-head SPECT camera, with a localization CT if the readers want the uptake placed on anatomy. Oncology and orthopedic SPECT at volume: a diagnostic SPECT/CT. Cardiac perfusion: the cardiac collimator set. Theranostics: a 5/8 inch crystal, medium- and high-energy collimators and quantitation software.
• SPECT, SPECT/CT or CZT? None for a department with a CT down the hall, a localization CT for bone and infection work, a diagnostic CT where the room will also run standalone CT, and CZT where resolution, speed or high-energy isotopes justify the top class.
• What room do you have? A SPECT-only camera fits an existing nuclear medicine room; a hybrid adds CT shielding, power and a floor check.
• What is the budget, all-in? As estimates for comparison: $60,000 to $250,000 buys a refurbished dual-head SPECT camera, $110,000 to $225,000 a refurbished localization hybrid, $150,000 to $550,000 a refurbished diagnostic or late-model hybrid, $350,000 to $550,000 a new dual-head camera, $550,000 to $1,400,000 a new hybrid and $1,300,000 to $2,200,000 a new CZT system; the room, the hot lab, the license and the first service contract come on top.
• Which generation and which licenses? Price the detector condition, the collimator set, the CT tube and the software licenses, not the data plate: two Symbia T16s with different collimator sets and tube hours are a class apart.
• What completes the program? The hot lab, the dose calibrator, the license and the radiation safety officer, the physicist, the radiopharmacy contract, PACS and, for sentinel node programs, the Mammotome Neoprobe gamma probe in the operating room, which Medical Outfitters sells new.

Tell us what the department images, the room you have and whether you need a CT, and we will tell you what we can quote: two or three cameras at the right class, sourced refurbished on request, with delivery, installation, the physicist’s survey and a service plan in the quote; the Neoprobe is quoted new beside it for the operating room. Nuclear medicine equipment we supply is in the nuclear medicine category, and the PET/CT is in the PET/CT guide’s price tiers.

Nuclear Medicine Camera Cost: Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a nuclear medicine camera cost?

Estimated at $60,000 to $250,000 refurbished for a dual-head SPECT gamma camera, $110,000 to $225,000 refurbished for a localization SPECT/CT, $150,000 to $550,000 refurbished for a diagnostic or late-model SPECT/CT, and $350,000 to $2,200,000 new, delivered, installed and warrantied; class estimates from public price reporting and manufacturer-published information, comparison only. The room, the hot lab, the license and the first service contract are extra.

How much does a gamma camera cost?

A dual-head SPECT camera without a CT is estimated at $60,000 to $250,000 refurbished and $350,000 to $550,000 new, comparison only: a Siemens Symbia S or Philips BrightView at the floor, a GE Discovery NM 630 in the middle, a Symbia Evo or pre-owned GE NM 830 at the top. A gamma probe is a different purchase: the Mammotome Neoprobe is $85,000 to $145,000 new from Medical Outfitters.

How much does a SPECT scanner cost?

The same purchase as a dual-head gamma camera: estimated at $60,000 to $250,000 refurbished and $350,000 to $550,000 new, comparison only. A CT moves it a class: $110,000 to $225,000 refurbished with a localization CT, $150,000 to $550,000 with a diagnostic or late-model CT, and $550,000 to $1,400,000 new as a hybrid. The fullest collimator set, current software and a fresh CT tube take the top of each class.

How much does a SPECT/CT scanner cost?

Estimated at $110,000 to $225,000 refurbished with a localization CT (Siemens Symbia T2, GE Optima NM/CT 640, Philips BrightView XCT), $150,000 to $400,000 with a 6- to 16-slice diagnostic CT (Symbia T6 and T16, Intevo, GE Discovery NM/CT 670) and $350,000 to $550,000 for a 2017-and-newer hybrid; new, $550,000 to $800,000 with a localization CT (GE NM/CT 850), $750,000 to $1,400,000 with a diagnostic CT (GE NM/CT 860 and 870 DR, Siemens Symbia Pro.specta) and $1,300,000 to $2,200,000 with CZT detectors, comparison only.

How much does a used gamma camera cost?

Estimated at $60,000 to $125,000 refurbished for a 2005 to 2012 dual-head platform (Siemens Symbia S, Philips BrightView) and $110,000 to $250,000 for a 2011-and-newer platform (GE Discovery NM 630, Siemens Symbia Evo), comparison only; a camera sold as it stands prices lower. By year, 2005 to 2009 units run $60,000 to $150,000, 2010 to 2014 units $100,000 to $300,000 and 2015 to 2018 units $200,000 to $450,000, the hybrids at the top of each row.

How much does a new nuclear medicine camera cost?

Estimated at $350,000 to $550,000 for a dual-head SPECT camera (GE NM 830, Siemens Symbia Evo), $550,000 to $800,000 for a localization SPECT/CT (GE NM/CT 850), $750,000 to $1,400,000 for a diagnostic SPECT/CT (GE NM/CT 860 and 870 DR, Siemens Symbia Pro.specta) and $1,300,000 to $2,200,000 for a CZT SPECT/CT (GE NM/CT 870 CZT, StarGuide), comparison only. Medical Outfitters does not sell these cameras new; its new nuclear medicine product is the Mammotome Neoprobe gamma probe, at $85,000 to $145,000 for a complete system.

What is the difference between a gamma camera, a SPECT camera and a SPECT/CT?

A gamma camera images the radiotracer's gamma rays as a planar picture; a SPECT camera rotates its detectors around the patient to reconstruct slices, and nearly every dual-head camera sold since the 2000s does both; a SPECT/CT adds a CT that corrects for attenuation and places the finding on anatomy, for localization only (2 to 8 slices or a flat panel) or diagnostically (16 to 64 slices). Each step is a price class: estimated at $60,000 to $250,000, $110,000 to $225,000 and $150,000 to $550,000 refurbished, comparison only.

What is the difference between a gamma probe and a gamma camera?

A gamma probe is a handheld detector used during surgery; it gives the surgeon a count rate and a rising tone as it nears the radiotracer, with no image. A gamma camera is the nuclear medicine imaging system that produces the planar or SPECT image, typically before surgery to map the sentinel nodes. The Mammotome Neoprobe is a gamma probe, sold new by Medical Outfitters at $85,000 to $145,000 for a complete system; a gamma camera is estimated at $60,000 to $250,000 refurbished, comparison only.

Does Medical Outfitters sell gamma cameras?

Refurbished, on request: Medical Outfitters sources GE Discovery and NM/CT, Siemens Symbia and Philips BrightView cameras refurbished on request for the configuration a department names, each tested, delivered, installed and warrantied across the United States, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, and quoted per project. It is not a GE, Siemens or Philips nuclear medicine dealer and does not sell or source these cameras new; the Mammotome Neoprobe gamma probe is sold new as an authorized Mammotome dealer.

How much do GE nuclear medicine cameras cost?

Estimated at $110,000 to $200,000 refurbished for a Discovery NM 630, $140,000 to $225,000 for an Optima NM/CT 640, $200,000 to $400,000 for a Discovery NM/CT 670 and $350,000 to $550,000 for a late-model 800 Series unit, comparison only. New, the GE NM 830 is estimated at $400,000 to $550,000, the NM/CT 850 at $550,000 to $800,000, the NM/CT 860 at $700,000 to $1,000,000, the NM/CT 870 DR at $850,000 to $1,300,000 and the NM/CT 870 CZT at $1,300,000 to $2,000,000, comparison only; GE sells them new, Medical Outfitters does not.

How much does a Siemens Symbia cost?

Estimated at $60,000 to $125,000 refurbished for a Symbia S, $110,000 to $300,000 for a Symbia T (T2 $110,000 to $175,000, T6 $150,000 to $250,000, T16 $200,000 to $300,000), $250,000 to $450,000 for an Intevo and $150,000 to $250,000 for a pre-owned Evo, comparison only. New, the Symbia Evo is estimated at $350,000 to $525,000 and the Pro.specta, with 32 or 64 CT slices, at $900,000 to $1,400,000, comparison only; Siemens sells them new, Medical Outfitters does not.

What does a nuclear medicine camera room need?

A SPECT-only camera fits an existing nuclear medicine room (Siemens publishes a 3.61 by 4.98 meter minimum for the Symbia Evo; the BrightView XCT was built for a 12 by 15 foot room); a SPECT/CT adds the shielding a physicist specifies for the CT tube, three-phase power and a floor check. Every room needs a hot lab with a dose calibrator, a radioactive materials license with a named radiation safety officer, a physicist, certified technologists and, outside a hospital, accreditation to bill Medicare; the shielding is modest beside a PET/CT suite.

How long does a gamma camera last, and when should it be replaced?

Twelve to fifteen years or more on a supported platform, as long as the detectors pass their uniformity tests and the software is still supported; the crystal and the photomultiplier tubes end its life, and the CT tube is the recurring consumable on a hybrid. Replacement is forced by a detector that will not tune, a software release that fails accreditation or PACS requirements, or a platform without parts, the position of the Philips BrightView line since June 2013.

What does a nuclear medicine camera cost to run?

The service contract, the CT tube on a hybrid, collimators, quality control sources, the radiopharmaceuticals under the facility's license, the physicist's annual survey and the license and accreditation fees. As an industry rule of thumb, estimated and comparison only, full coverage with the detectors and the CT tube inside it runs 9 to 12 percent of refurbished value a year and preventive maintenance plus labor 5 to 8 percent, the shape our PET/CT guide prints; Medical Outfitters publishes no contract price of its own.