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Platelet Survival Study

Georgia 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $339 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$186$110 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$200 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $129 to $661Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $100 to $437
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $339professional $186

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
$107.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 9th of 51

$245

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.