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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Maryland 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $138 to $200.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $191 to $219Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $59 to $302
$100$200$500facility $191professional $178

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$398.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53
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
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$178

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.