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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Florida 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $912 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$135$112 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$309 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,047Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $58 to $288
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $912professional $135

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
$120.23
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$95.50
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$562.34
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$295.12
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$77.62
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$56.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
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
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$141.25

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$145

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.