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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Colorado 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$631$490 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$525 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,995Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $977professional $631

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
$162.18
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
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
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$407.38

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 13th of 51

$646

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.