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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Michigan 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 Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$117$100 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$148 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $135 to $398Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $83 to $155
$100$200$500facility $204professional $117

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
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.02
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$123.03
4 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
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 33rd 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.