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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78708

A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected and a camera follows it through the kidneys to show their shape, their blood flow, and how well they clear fluid. In this version a medicine is also given during the study, either a water tablet or a blood-pressure drug, and the images before and after are compared to see how the kidneys respond. That response helps tell a true blockage from a roomy but unobstructed drainage system, or reveal a narrowed artery feeding a kidney.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It cost?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$224$170 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$562 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $562 to $562Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $151 to $295
$200$500$1Kfacility $562professional $224

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
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
2 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
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska 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.

Alabama· 10th of 51

$331

AK $631FL $145

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.