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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Delaware 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 July 2026.

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

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $151 to $178.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $145 to $692
$200$500professional $170

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$275.42

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 4.8 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.

Delaware· 43rd of 51

$170

WY $692FL $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.