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Platelet Survival Study

Maryland 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $115 to $170.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $105 to $275
$100$200$500professional $129

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$97.72
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$37.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
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
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$95.50

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$129

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.