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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Minnesota 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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$794$631 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$1,349 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,951Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,349
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,660professional $794

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
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$125.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$1,072

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.