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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

South Carolina 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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$355 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$741 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,905Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $66 to $676
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,148professional $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
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 31st of 51

$513

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.