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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Connecticut 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 Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$550$468 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$794 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,089Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $398 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $550

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,570.40
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 22nd 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.