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Platelet Survival Study

Minnesota 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $398 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$263$209 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$129 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,259Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $155 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $398professional $263

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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$812.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$389.05
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$72.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$37.15

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$263

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.