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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Nebraska 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 7 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 $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$575 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,778Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $123 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $891professional $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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$234

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.