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Platelet Survival Study

Pennsylvania 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 9 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$126$110 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$229 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $126 to $891Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $107 to $282
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $126

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
$125.89
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$346.74
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$416.87
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$302.00

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 33rd of 51

$151

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.