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Platelet Survival Study

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $204 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$120 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$105 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $32 to $724Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $105 to $309
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $204professional $145

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
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$316.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$32.36
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$331.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$446.68
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$371.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$63.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$398.11
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
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$95.50

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 47th 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.