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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Kansas 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $380 to $631.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $309 to $676
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $468

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
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$44.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 28th of 51

$468

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.