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Platelet Survival Study

New Jersey 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 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$170$132 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$263 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $219 to $2,291Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $126 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $501professional $170

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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$436.52
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$56.23
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
3 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
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 41st of 51

$170

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.