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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 October 2026.

How much does Platelet Survival Study cost?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $891 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$269$191 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$708 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,778Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $141 to $468
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $891professional $269

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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$380.19

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$295

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.