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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Arkansas 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $347 to $537.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $295 to $589
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $479

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
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 25th of 51

$479

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.