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Platelet Survival Study

Kansas 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$141 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$234 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $174 to $977Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $129 to $468
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $447professional $182

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
$141.25
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$302.00
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
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 35th of 51

$182

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.