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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Missouri 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $832 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$380 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$537 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,778Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,047
$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $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
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 35th of 51

$501

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.