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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Nevada 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $501 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$468$389 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$407 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,445Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $380 to $794
$10$100$1Kfacility $501professional $468

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
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 40th of 51

$479

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.