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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 October 2026.

How much does Platelet Survival Study cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $501 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$186$123 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$200 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $110 to $813Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $110 to $347
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $186

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$436.52
2 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
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$47.86

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 31st of 51

$186

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.