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Kidney Function Test With a Tracer

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $138 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$112$95.50 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$66.07 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $21 to $776Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $81 to $182
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $138professional $112

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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$112.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.05
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$812.83
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$338.84
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$41.69
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
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
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th 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.