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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 July 2026.

How much does Platelet Survival Study cost?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 7 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$234$115 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$263 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $107 to $1,047Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $107 to $912
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $513professional $234

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
$107.15
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$263

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.