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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Nebraska 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $955 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$355$269 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$676 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,138Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $200 to $468
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $355

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
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$398

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.