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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Tennessee 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 July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It cost?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $224.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $138 to $380
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$194.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Wyoming 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.

Tennessee· 48th of 51

$162

WY $692FL $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.