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Platelet Survival Study

Arkansas 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$166$138 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$355 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $282 to $490Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $120 to $316
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $166

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 19th of 51

$224

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.