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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 July 2026.

How much does Platelet Survival Study cost?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 5 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$141$117 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$135 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $117 to $513Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $95 to $229
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $186professional $141

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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 37th of 51

$141

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.