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Platelet Survival Study

Alaska rates for HCPCS 78191

A nuclear medicine test that tags platelets, the blood cells that help clots form, with a small amount of radioactive material and then follows how long they last in the bloodstream. It helps show whether a low platelet count is caused by platelets being destroyed too quickly.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Platelet Survival Study cost?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 6 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$380$363 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$363 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $339 to $513Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $316 to $759
$200$500facility $363professional $380

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.6 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$380

WY $490FL $107

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.