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Platelet Survival Study

Arizona 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$126 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$224 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $117 to $813Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $115 to $794
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $380professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 23rd of 51

$182

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.