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Platelet Survival Study

Mississippi 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $186 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$174$110 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$148 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $110 to $741Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $105 to $309
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $186professional $174

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
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$467.74

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 27th of 51

$174

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.