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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Georgia 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $170 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$102 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$126 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $98 to $324Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $83 to $224
$100$200facility $170professional $123

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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$213.80
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
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 31st of 51

$126

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.