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Platelet Survival Study

Idaho 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 Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$245$178 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$457 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,413Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $145 to $309
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $661professional $245

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$660.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$257.04
1 more rate 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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 8th 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.