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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Illinois 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$129 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$257 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,318Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $83 to $389
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $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
$229.09
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$316.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$467.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$229.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
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
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 29th of 51

$229

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.