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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

New Jersey 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $417 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$115$100 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$195 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,862Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $85 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $417professional $115

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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$11,748.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$39.81
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$199.53
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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 35th of 51

$123

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.