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Platelet Survival Study

Nebraska 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $676 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 6 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$234$115 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$151 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,230Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $115 to $794
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $676professional $234

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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,778.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$251

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.