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Nuclear Study of Where Red Cells Are Broken Down

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 78140

A nuclear medicine study in which a sample of the patient's own red blood cells is tagged with a small amount of radioactive marker, returned to the bloodstream, and then followed to see where in the body those cells are being trapped and destroyed. Readings taken over the following days show whether the spleen, the liver, or both are responsible.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Study of Where Red Cells Are Broken Down cost?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $166 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$95.50 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$126 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $95 to $741Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $93 to $240
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $166professional $138

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$316.23

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Mississippi· 26th of 51

$145

WY $437FL $93.33

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.