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Platelet Survival Study

Iowa 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $427 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$251$158 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$347 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,072Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $120 to $562
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $427professional $251

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
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$501.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$83.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$234.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$47.86
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$263

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.