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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

North Carolina 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $389 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$550$468 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$363 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,089Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,148
$500$1K$2Kfacility $389professional $550

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
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
6 more rates 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
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$162.18

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 29th of 51

$525

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.