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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Kentucky 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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$93.33$85.11 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$81.28 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $25 to $191Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $81 to $174
$20$50$100$200$500facility $89professional $93

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
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$398.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
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
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.30

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$91.20

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.