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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Georgia 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$224$186 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$182 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $151 to $407Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $155 to $437
$100$200$500facility $263professional $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
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$645.65
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$354.81
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
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$128.82

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 30th of 51

$224

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.