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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

New Jersey 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $347 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$204$174 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$178 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $162 to $2,344Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $162 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $347professional $204

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
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$12,882.50
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 36th of 51

$209

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.