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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Illinois 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$490$97.72 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$562 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,715Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $63 to $851
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $794professional $490

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
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$199.53
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
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
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 30th of 51

$525

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.