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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Georgia 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $724 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$501$417 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$550 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,259Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $347 to $955
$500$1K$2Kfacility $724professional $501

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
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,818.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 33rd of 51

$513

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.