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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

New Jersey 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$490$407 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$437 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,677Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $363 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,000professional $490

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
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$69.18
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$15,488.17
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$11,748.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$97.72
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 38th of 51

$490

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.