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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Nebraska 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 July 2026.

How much does Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication cost?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $589 to $2,042.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,570
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $851

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,344.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$851

WY $1,445FL $339

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.