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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Utah 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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$155$97.72 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$263 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,660Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $69 to $302
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,047professional $155

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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,778.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$354.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 49th of 51

$174

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.