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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

North Dakota 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$794$603 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$457 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,089Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,023
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,380professional $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
$457.09
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 6th of 51

$832

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.