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Platelet Survival Study

Illinois 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $575 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$126 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$363 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,380Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $110 to $363
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $182

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
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$154.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$501.19
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04
3 more rates 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 21st of 51

$219

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.