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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Arizona rates for HCPCS 78725

A measurement of how well the kidneys are clearing waste, made by injecting a small amount of radioactive tracer into a vein and then measuring how quickly it disappears from blood or urine samples. No pictures of the kidneys are taken; the result is a number for kidney filtering function. It is more precise than an estimate calculated from a routine blood test.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Kidney Function Test With a Tracer cost?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$95.50 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$91.20 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $29 to $479Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $91 to $1,122
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $126professional $117

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$162.18
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
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Alabama 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.

Arizona· 38th of 51

$117

AL $479FL $87.10

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.