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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Arizona 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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$479$398 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$646 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,239Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,692
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $479

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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
1 more rate 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
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 23rd of 51

$550

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.