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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 July 2026.

How much does Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $417 to $525.

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 $479 · 10th to 90th $407 to $589
$500$1Kprofessional $479

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
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$478.63
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$479

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.