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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 July 2026.

How much does Platelet Survival Study cost?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 6 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$107$100 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$234 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,202Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $100 to $263
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $468professional $107

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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$346.74

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 50th of 51

$112

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.