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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Minnesota 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$200$158 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$100 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $100 to $2,042Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $117 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $200

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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$128.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$645.65
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$204

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.