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Platelet Survival Study

Ohio 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$123 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$407 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,202Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $98 to $302
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $741professional $166

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
$114.82
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$416.87
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$74.13
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$295.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$354.81

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 39th of 51

$174

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.