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Platelet Survival Study

Indiana 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$224$151 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$263 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,230Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $115 to $372
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $407professional $224

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$44.67
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
2 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
$48.98
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 15th of 51

$234

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.