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Platelet Survival Study

Connecticut 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$195$138 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$269 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,175Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $115 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $468professional $195

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 16th of 51

$219

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.