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Platelet Survival Study

Louisiana 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $372 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$145$135 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$145 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $135 to $851Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $126 to $240
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $372professional $145

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
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$151

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.