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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 October 2026.

How much does Platelet Survival Study cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$148$126 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$380 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $219 to $912Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $72 to $263
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $562professional $148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$123.03
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$239.88
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$120.23

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$191

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.