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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 July 2026.

How much does Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $389 to $490.

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

Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $380 to $575
$500$1Kprofessional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Wyoming 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.

Alabama· 21st of 51

$490

WY $1,445FL $339

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.