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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 July 2026.

How much does Platelet Survival Study cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 8 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$145$112 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$112 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $35 to $550Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $107 to $316
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $178professional $145

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
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$416.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$371.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 31st of 51

$155

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.