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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 October 2026.

How much does Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication cost?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $676 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$589$457 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$646 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $501 to $891Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $417 to $977
$500$1K$2Kfacility $676professional $589

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
$389.05
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
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
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 12th of 51

$646

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.