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Platelet Survival Study

Utah 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$126$91.20 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$195 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,288Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $43 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $794professional $126

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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 46th of 51

$148

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.