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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Maryland 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $93.33 to $115.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $81 to $174
$20$50$100$200professional $107

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$31.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$269.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$165.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.92
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$141.25
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
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$87.10

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 45th of 51

$107

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.