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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Massachusetts 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $138 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$105 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$95.50 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $23 to $724Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $37 to $1,122
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $138professional $138

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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$158.49
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$851.14
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,122.02
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$338.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$363.08
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$436.52
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$851.14
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,122.02
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$338.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$346.74
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.20
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$177.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
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
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$138

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.