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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 July 2026.

How much does Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication cost?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $355 to $603.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $63 to $851
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $457

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$229.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$501.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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· 34th of 51

$457

WY $1,445FL $339

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.