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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Rhode Island 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $468.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $407 to $708
$500$1Kprofessional $447

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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$447

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.