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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Mississippi 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$537$355 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$372 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,096Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $324 to $741
$500$1Kfacility $676professional $537

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
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$812.83

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 26th of 51

$537

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.