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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Missouri 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $288 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$132$110 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$155 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,259Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $93 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $288professional $132

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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$316.23
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
$48.98
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 28th of 51

$132

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.