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Platelet Survival Study

Michigan 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$158$138 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$186 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $170 to $468Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $132 to $229
$50$100$200$500facility $257professional $158

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$60.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
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
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
4 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
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 42nd of 51

$170

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.