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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Indiana 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$97.72$87.10 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$129 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,230Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $74 to $170
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $282professional $98

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$169.82
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$31.62
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
2 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
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.38

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 48th of 51

$100

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.