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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Tennessee 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $93.33 to $245.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $186 to $316Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $234professional $132

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
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$275.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
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
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 17th of 51

$155

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.