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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 October 2026.

How much does Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$513$437 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$457 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $457 to $661Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $398 to $741
$500$1Kfacility $501professional $513

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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
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
$676.08

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 34th of 51

$501

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.