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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, 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 $501 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$85.11 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$186 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $85 to $813Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $78 to $170
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $132

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
2 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
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$37.15

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 27th 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.