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Platelet Survival Study

Tennessee 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $126 to $355.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $204 to $437Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $282professional $214

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
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
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
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$224

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.