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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $724 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$155 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$269 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,096Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $132 to $339
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $724professional $214

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
$144.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
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
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$309.03
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
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 32nd 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.