go back

Platelet Survival Study

Kentucky 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$174$155 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$105 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $36 to $331Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $115 to $457
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $115professional $174

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
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
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
$52.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$35.48

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 38th of 51

$174

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.