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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Florida 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$288 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$562 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,047Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $195 to $692
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $977professional $355

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
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$72.44
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$977.24
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$645.65
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$42.66
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74
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
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$372

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.