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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Oklahoma 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$427$275 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$589 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,905Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $52 to $562
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,122professional $427

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
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$933.25

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 37th of 51

$501

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.