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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78227

A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected and tracked as it moves through the liver, bile ducts, and gallbladder, and a medication is given during the scan to stimulate the gallbladder so its ability to contract and empty can be measured. It helps evaluate gallbladder function or a possible blockage in the bile ducts.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication cost?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$490$407 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$562 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $562 to $562Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $347 to $759
$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $490

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
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alabama· 21st of 51

$562

AK $1,349TX $363

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.