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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Ohio 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$97.72$83.18 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$240 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $162 to $912Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $72 to $174
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $295professional $98

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
$89.13
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$34.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$245.47
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$269.15
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$45.71
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$234.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$208.93
6 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
$52.48
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$234.42

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 47th of 51

$102

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.