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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Kentucky 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $162 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$186$178 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$148 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $87 to $302Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $141 to $339
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $162professional $186

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
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$245.47
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
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
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$41.69

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$182

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.