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Platelet Survival Study

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Platelet Survival Study cost?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $562 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$148 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$562 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $562 to $562Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $110 to $282
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $562professional $158

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$234.42
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alabama than in Texas. 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.

Alabama· 1st of 51

$550

AL $550TX $105

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.