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Platelet Survival Study

Colorado 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $324 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$200$155 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$245 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $126 to $794Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $132 to $355
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $324professional $200

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
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$354.81
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$50.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 22nd of 51

$209

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.