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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Louisiana 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $631 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$479$407 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$603 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,175Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $245 to $631
$200$500$1Kfacility $631professional $479

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
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
2 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$575

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.