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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Michigan 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $339 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$200$174 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$240 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,047Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $138 to $282
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $339professional $200

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
$199.53
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
4 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
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 41st of 51

$204

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.