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Platelet Survival Study

South Carolina 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $724 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$166$117 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$468 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,259Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $66 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $724professional $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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$346.74
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
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$178

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.