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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

South Carolina 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $933 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$182$141 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$603 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,138Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $66 to $309
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $933professional $182

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
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
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$200

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.