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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Maryland 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $468.

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

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $363 to $724Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $40 to $724
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $398

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$72.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
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
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$398

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.