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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 July 2026.

How much does Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $417 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 $501 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,570
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $501

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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,344.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 18th of 51

$501

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.