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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

South Carolina 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$107$93.33 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$380 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,230Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $79 to $178
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $107

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
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$151.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$77.62

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$115

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.